The second season of X-Men ‘97 is done, and it’s given audiences a new fave in Polaris. Created by Arnold Drake and Jim Steranko in 1968, Lorna Dane is one of Magneto’s handful of children. For those in the know, her being in ‘97 is the latest, biggest profile boost after being portrayed Emma Dumont in Fox’s short-lived The Gifted and joining the core X-Men team during the Krakoa era.
While she was a minor character in the original X-Men cartoon and appeared in some episodes of Wolverine and the X-Men, X-Men ‘97 positions Lorna as a more active player. After working with the government-backed X-Factor to round up mutants, she’s fired in “Danger.exe” and rejoins her old friends. Saving the ruined Genosha from Danger led to her joining Xavier’s newly formed X-Corp team, complete with her own title card in the intro. Ahead of ‘97’s finale, io9 spoke with Lorna’s actor—Carolina Ravassa, who most will know as Sombra and Raze from the hero shooters Overwatch and Valorant—about becoming the new X-Man in town. © Marvel Animation Justin Carter, io9: Did you have any previous relationship with the X-Men and Polaris before joining this show? Carolina Ravassa: Growing up, I never read the comics, but I watched most of the live-action X-Men movies. I knew the basics, and I knew about Scarlet Witch, but I didn’t know much about Magneto’s other kids. And when I auditioned, I didn’t even know this was for X-Men ‘97! [laughs]
