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Peter Maximoff is a fictional character appearing in 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series, portrayed by Evan Peters and based on the Marvel Comics character Quicksilver, a mutant with the ability to move at superhuman speed.
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in the comic book The Uncanny X-Men #4 (March 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby .
In film, Peters has played a supporting role in the superhero film Kick-Ass (2010), and Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver in the X-Men film series (2014–2019). He also received a nomination for the BIFA for Best Supporting Actor for playing a rebellious student in the heist film American Animals (2018).
Peter Maximoff, having learned he is Lehnsherr's biological son, arrives and uses his super-speed to evacuate everyone except Alex, who got killed in the explosion prior to his arrival. Colonel William Stryker 's forces, believing Xavier to be responsible, capture McCoy, Raven, Peter, and MacTaggert, and take them for interrogation.
They recruit Peter Maximoff, a mutant with superhuman speeds, and break Lehnsherr out of The Pentagon, learning that he was in fact attempting to save JFK, who was also a mutant. Raven discovers Trask has been experimenting on mutants and plots to assassinate him at the Paris Peace Accords , but Xavier, McCoy, and Logan foil her attempt.
Harkness clashes with Vidal but soon admits that it is futile to fight Death. Vidal demands that either Harkness or Maximoff accompany her. Maximoff volunteers and Harkness surprises him by agreeing to let him proceed. Infiltrating her mind, Maximoff asks her if this is how her son, Nicholas Scratch, died. This prompts a change of heart in ...
In the books, Quicksilver / Peter Maximoff has a twin sister named Wanda, also called Scarlet Witch; for a long period of time they were considered to be Magneto's children. [e] In the films, Peter has at least one sister who is unnamed; an extended scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut hints at the two having another unnamed sister.
Pietro was previously portrayed in the MCU by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, while Peters played a different version of the character named Peter Maximoff in the X-Men film series. [21] Lewis notes onscreen that Maximoff has "recast" Pietro, but this was not meant to be interpreted as a real-life recasting of Taylor-Johnson. [22]