After The Marvels and Deadpool & Wolverine laid the groundwork for more Fox X-Men to return, Avengers: Doomsday is going all in by bringing back several non-Wolverine (or Professor X) characters from the original films. Among them is James Marsden, who played Cyclops in that initial trilogy and didn’t really get to do much in them.

James Marsden is gearing up to reprise his iconic role of Cyclops and he is poking fun at himself while doing it. During an interview with Vanity Fair, the 51-year-old actor joked about his age as he gears up to play Cyclops in the

He will play Cyclops once again in the upcoming Marvel epic, alongside a host of other X-Men stars, including Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique). Speaking to Vanity Fair, Marsden joked that he’s “getting a little long in the tooth to put on the superhero costume.”