Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
ALYSON COURT is a seasoned voice actor, while HOLLY CHOU is fairly new to the game. But they share one thing in common, the X-Men's firecracker, JUBILEE. The two sit down for an interview to discuss the very successful first season of X-MEN '97, as well as passing the torch from one generation of Jubilee to another.
#xmen97 continues the story of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997). In both series, mutants are people born with superhuman abilities that generally manifest during puberty. The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes founded by Professor Charles Xavier to protect mutants and humans alike. At the end of The Animated Series, Xavier nearly dies in an assassination attempt and is taken to space to be healed by the alien Shi'ar Empire. X-Men '97 begins a year later and sees the X-Men facing new challenges without Xavier, under the leadership of their former adversary Magneto.
The show stars Ray Chase, Jennifer Hale, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, J. P. Karliak, Lenore Zann, George Buza, A. J. LoCascio, Holly Chou, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Matthew Waterson, Ross Marquand, and Adrian Hough as members of the X-Men. Sealy-Smith, Dodd, Zann, Buza, and Hough reprised their roles from the original series, as did Christopher Britton. Original series stars Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alyson Court, Lawrence Bayne, and Ron Rubin also returned to voice new characters.
The two Jubilees share a real passion for the character they've played. Court, who was a teenager when she voiced Jubilee almost 30 years ago knows how much the show means to people, and Chou now has a job voicing one of the very characters that shaped her childhood. The two discuss the strength of the female X-Men, the stories they love best in the X-Men catalogue, and why the representative melting pot that is the X-Men is so important.
All episodes of X-Men 97 are now streaming on Disney+
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Talking NFL with Alyson
01:19 Why is NOW the perfect time for an X-Renaissance?
02:16 What was Holly's X-Journey like in her childhood?
05:35 Was the a storyline Alyson wanted to tackle in the 90s?
07:35 Did Alyson feel responsible to represent Gen X?
09:14 Visual representation in X-Men '97
11:10 Why were Rogue and Storm Holly's favorites growing up?
12:56 Passing the Jubilee Torch...
15:06 Holly's Tearful Gratitude
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ALYSON COURT is a seasoned voice actor, while HOLLY CHOU is fairly new to the game. But they share one thing in common, the X-Men's firecracker, JUBILEE. The two sit down for an interview to discuss the very successful first season of X-MEN '97, as well as passing the torch from one generation of Jubilee to another.
#xmen97 continues the story of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997). In both series, mutants are people born with superhuman abilities that generally manifest during puberty. The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes founded by Professor Charles Xavier to protect mutants and humans alike. At the end of The Animated Series, Xavier nearly dies in an assassination attempt and is taken to space to be healed by the alien Shi'ar Empire. X-Men '97 begins a year later and sees the X-Men facing new challenges without Xavier, under the leadership of their former adversary Magneto.
The show stars Ray Chase, Jennifer Hale, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, J. P. Karliak, Lenore Zann, George Buza, A. J. LoCascio, Holly Chou, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Matthew Waterson, Ross Marquand, and Adrian Hough as members of the X-Men. Sealy-Smith, Dodd, Zann, Buza, and Hough reprised their roles from the original series, as did Christopher Britton. Original series stars Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alyson Court, Lawrence Bayne, and Ron Rubin also returned to voice new characters.
The two Jubilees share a real passion for the character they've played. Court, who was a teenager when she voiced Jubilee almost 30 years ago knows how much the show means to people, and Chou now has a job voicing one of the very characters that shaped her childhood. The two discuss the strength of the female X-Men, the stories they love best in the X-Men catalogue, and why the representative melting pot that is the X-Men is so important.
All episodes of X-Men 97 are now streaming on Disney+
BE SURE TO LEAVE A COMMENT IN THE COMMENT SECTION, AND LIKE THIS VIDEO!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Talking NFL with Alyson
01:19 Why is NOW the perfect time for an X-Renaissance?
02:16 What was Holly's X-Journey like in her childhood?
05:35 Was the a storyline Alyson wanted to tackle in the 90s?
07:35 Did Alyson feel responsible to represent Gen X?
09:14 Visual representation in X-Men '97
11:10 Why were Rogue and Storm Holly's favorites growing up?
12:56 Passing the Jubilee Torch...
15:06 Holly's Tearful Gratitude
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