Sabrina Carpenter Could Snag Marvel Role Taylor Swift Was Eyeing

File this under rumors I can actually see happening: Sabrina Carpenter is reportedly circling the MCU, and the character in question is the one a lot of Taylor Swift fans wanted her to play first. Yep, Dazzler.

Where this is coming from

The latest chatter says Carpenter has met with Marvel Studios about playing Alison Blaire, aka Dazzler. Comic Book Movie flagged it after a well-known scooper account posted on November 20, 2025, that Carpenter is being eyed for the role. A separate scoop-y tweet from June 16, 2025, also put her name next to Dazzler. As always with this stuff: interesting if true, not confirmed by Marvel.

The timing tracks with Marvel slowly assembling its X-Men reboot behind the scenes, and, let’s be honest, Carpenter’s pop star wave fits Dazzler’s whole vibe a little too well to ignore. It also lands right on top of that long-running fan-casting fantasy where Swift would roll in as Dazzler for a quick, sparkly cameo. Different pop princess, same glitter.

Quick primer: who is Dazzler, really?

• Name: Alison Blaire. Profession: singer first, superhero second.
• Powers: converts sound into light. Quiet room equals gentle glow, stadium volume equals full laser show. The louder it gets, the harder she hits.
• Personality: way more comfortable on stage than in a fight. She has deliberately kept the X-Men at some distance to protect her career and personal life.
• Origin oddity: she was born from a real-world deal between Casablanca Records and Marvel to create a character who would exist in comics and release actual music. The music side fizzled, the mutant stayed.
• Early versions: she was almost named Evelyn Free; her persona bounced from Disco Queen to Disco Dazzler; at one stage her power was making people spill the truth instead of blasting light.
• Breakout appearance: Uncanny X-Men #130. Classic issue, classic entrance.

How this fits the X-Men reboot

Marvel hasn’t announced the cast for its new X-Men movie, but Kevin Feige has teased a lineup built around the classics. Dazzler isn’t top-three iconic, but she is a recognizable staple and an easy needle-drop machine for the soundtrack. Recent rumor mill picks have also tossed out names like Harris Dickinson for Cyclops, Margaret Qualley for Rogue, and Julia Butters for Kitty Pryde. Add Carpenter to that pile and you can see the shape of a young, buzzy roster Marvel could move forward with.

The state of play

No release date yet. No official casting. The broad takeaway is that Feige has a long game mapped out, and Marvel is quietly putting the pieces together while the scooper crowd plays connect-the-dots. Until something is announced on a stage with a logo behind it, consider this fun speculation that happens to make a lot of brand sense.

If it does happen, Carpenter brings the pop-star credibility you want for Alison Blaire. Would Swift have been a wild one-and-done cameo? Sure. But Carpenter could actually stick around and sing between missions.

So, honest question: if you had to choose, who gets the light mic here, Swift or Carpenter?