The X-Men franchise made a lot of mistakes over the years ever since it began back in 2000, but one of its biggest fumbles was killing off a character that can't die, and a likable one at that. In X-Men: First Class, Edi Gathegi, who is now playing Mr. Terrific in James Gunn's Superman, took on the role of Darwin, whose mutant power is the ability to adapt to any scenario. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough for Gathegi's iteration, as he was killed off and the character never returned to the franchise, despite being promised he would.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the experience, Gathegi had issues with Darwin's death from the get-go. “I called my agents to say, ‘Hey, listen, I have a problem with the fact that this character is the only Black character in the film aside from Zoë Kravitz’s character. I am also the only mutant who meets an untimely demise halfway through the film,” Gathegi recalled. “It was 2009 at the time, and I was like, ‘Killing the Black guy first is so played out. I can’t do this.'”
