James Marsden is opening up about coming back to the big screen as Cyclops. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Marsden spoke about how he feels to reprise his role as comic book character Cyclops in the upcoming film, Avengers: Doomsday.

Marsden first portrayed Cyclops, a.k.a. Scott Summers, the leader of the X-Men team from Marvel comics who's capable of firing optic blasts, in 2000's X-Men. He reprised the role in the sequels X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), the latter of which killed off him off.

Men” roots in Marvel’s upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday,” which is set to feature the actor alongside several of his original cast members from 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men” film franchise. Marsden told Vanity Fair that filming “Doomsday” has been a “blast” and a “homecoming.