--- description: The "Game of Thrones" actor debunks the rumor title: Sophie Turner Says No, Taylor Swift Is Not Joining 'X-Men' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sophie Turner Says No, Taylor Swift Is Not Joining _X-Men_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 11, 2015 9:21 PM CUT  Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015. Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015.Carrie Davenport—TAS/Getty Images for TAS  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 11, 2015 9:21 PM CUT In an interview with TIME about _Game of Thrones_ and her upcoming role in _X-Men: Apocalypse_, Sophie Turner debunked rumors that Taylor Swift might be joining _X-Men_. Rumors swirled when Simon Kinberg tweeted a picture of himself, James McAvoy and Turner with Taylor Swift. “Actually that was just us going to her concert and then meeting her. I think people are thinking she’s going to be in _X-Men._ But you never know,” said Turner. “She could be great in this movie.” Turner guessed if Taylor Swift did have superpowers, “she probably would have this feminist power—she would be the leader of the girl pack, and we’d all be her squad.” Sounds like the [“Bad Blood” music video.](http://time.com/3899576/taylor-swift-bad-blood-billboard-100/ "undefined") > [](https://twitter.com/Kinberg/status/618770257407311872) Turner confessed that she was huge Taylor Swift fan. “She’s probably the nicest person I’ve ever met in my life,” she said. Turner’s favorite songs are “Wildest Dreams” and “I Know Places.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3954714/sophie-turner-taylor-swift-x-men/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3954714/sophie-turner-taylor-swift-x-men/"},"headline":"Sophie Turner Says No, Taylor Swift Is Not Joining X-Men","datePublished":"2015-07-11T21:21:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:10:18.906Z","description":"The Game of Thrones actor debunks the rumor","url":"https://time.com/3954714/sophie-turner-taylor-swift-x-men/","keywords":["celebrities","movies","Taylor Swift","Sophie Turner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015.","caption":"Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015.","creditText":"Carrie Davenport—TAS/Getty Images for TAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3954714/sophie-turner-taylor-swift-x-men/","name":"Sophie Turner Says No, Taylor Swift Is Not Joining X-Men"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Power of Taylor Swift","description":"One day after Taylor Swift publicly blasted Apple Music for not paying artists during the service’s free, three-month trial period, Apple reversed its position","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mUgZx3qP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T20:13:13.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mUgZx3qP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3954714/sophie-turner-taylor-swift-x-men/","duration":"PT2M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3954714/sophie-turner-taylor-swift-x-men/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```