Blue crush! Jennifer Lawrence showcases her incredible figure as X-Men's Mystique for Empire cover

It's one of the most highly-anticipated sequels coming out this year.



And Empire magazine hyped X-Men: Days of Future Past by putting 25 characters on 25 different covers for their March edition - on newsstands Thursday.



The most revealing cover featured Jennifer Lawrence showcasing her toned, incredible figure as X-Men's Mystique.

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Cover girl: Jennifer Lawrence showcased her incredible figure as X-Men's Mystique for Empire magazine's March cover - on newsstands Thursday The 23-year-old Oscar winner will reprise her villainous, blue-hued mutant shapeshifter in the 3D flick due out May 23.

In Days of Future Past, Mystique breaks off from Lehnsherr and Xavier, and she hardens during a turning point involving an assassination plot.

It literally takes seven hours and six women to airbrush, paint, and paste the Hunger Games actress into her nearly nude costume.

Nearly nude: The 23-year-old Oscar winner will reprise her villainous, blue-hued mutant shapeshifter in X-Men: Days of Future Past due out May 23

'Why don't you just dip me in a bathtub of blue?' It literally takes seven hours and six women to airbrush, paint, and paste the Hunger Games actress into her nearly nude costume

'Welcome to the 70s!' Lawrence will join real-life boyfriend Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, and Ian McKellen in the Marvel Comics blended 3D prequel-sequel

'When I was on like my seventh hour, I was like, "Why don't you just dip me in a bathtub of blue?" Jennifer asked the camera in a 2011 behind-the-scenes video.



'But no, it's all airbrushed. They place the scales first with glue. Then they do three layers of airbrush blue and then five layers of splattering of all different colours...I know that everybody feels sorry for me, but we have so much fun. It's like a sleepover except I'm naked and being painted.'



She added: 'It's the same technology, the same methods they were using on Rebecca Romijn, the original Mystique, 10 years ago.'



New X-Men villains: Other Empire cover stars included Peter Dinklages' Bolivar Trask as well as his mutant-killing Sentinel Mark I robot

Days of Future Past: Fans get a first glimpse of Evan Peters as Quicksilver and Evan Jonigkeit is featured as an older version of Toad

Back for more: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Halle Berry as Storm also graced the covers of Empire magazine Also starring: Nicholas Hoult as Beast and Anna Paquin as Rogue shine on the cover of the magazine

Catch them too: Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde and Ian McKellen as the older Magneto



Lawrence will join real-life boyfriend Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, and Ian McKellen in the Marvel Comics blended prequel-sequel.



Other Empire cover stars included Peter Dinklages' Bolivar Trask as well as his mutant-killing Sentinel Mark I robot.



Fans get a first glimpse of Evan Peters as Quicksilver and Evan Jonigkeit is featured as an older version of Toad.



Rosalyn Rosenfeld: Jennifer's portrayal of a ditzy New Jersey housewife in American Hustle has made her a best supporting actress frontrunner during awards season

Oscar contender: She will battle Lupita Nyong'o, Julia Roberts, June Squibb, and Sally Hawkins at the Academy Awards airing March 2 on ABC

Jennifer's portrayal of ditzy housewife Rosalyn Rosenfeld in American Hustle has made her a best supporting actress frontrunner during awards season.



She will battle Lupita Nyong'o, Julia Roberts, June Squibb, and Sally Hawkins at the Academy Awards airing March 2 on ABC.



The Dior spokesmodel will next appear in the Farrelly Brothers' Dumb and Dumber To as well as the first part of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - both coming out in November.