Before Jennifer Lawrence donned the blue skin for the X-Men prequels, Rebecca Romijn was the OG shapeshifter in the live-action X-Men films . Not only could her looks sting wearing those yellow contacts, but her action scenes were kick-ass delivering those swift kicks. Romijn’s husband, Jerry O’Connell, is apparently a big fan of his wife’s mutant character that he has a “Mystique shelf” of embarrassing merch to prove it.
Rebecca Romijn and Stand by Me ’s Jerry O’Connell have been married since 2007 and are parents to twin girls. Even though the model-turned-Hollywood star said goodbye to her Marvel past with her uncredited cameo in X-Men: First Class , the married couple still took part in the superhero genre in animation form for The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen movies. O’Connell, however, hasn’t moved on from his wife playing one of the best film villain roles .
To the point where he told ComicBook he has a “Mystique shelf” of merch he collects to the chagrin of the X-Men alum: My wife was Mystique in X-Men, and whenever I come to a con, I look for obscure, unique Mystique figures and figurines. We collect them and I put them up. I put it up, it's mine, and my wife is a little embarrassed by it, but it's my Mystique shelf.
It’s actually hilarious that Jerry O’Connell has a shelf of merchandise of one of his wife’s iconic characters. Imagine seeing a mini version of yourself on the shelf in your own house! If the Star Trek: Lower D.