X-Men 4 news: Gambit cast?

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=26740

‘Lost’ star, Josh Holloway, who plays the conman Sawyer in the cult plane crash TV series, has been approached by studio bosses to play Gambit - a mutant who can charge objects with kinetic energy and make them explode.

He told TV Hits magazine: “We had a meeting and they wanted me to play Gambit, the card dealer character, they thought I’d be perfect for the part. We’ll see.”

Holloway’s announcement has confirmed rumours 20th Century Fox are to make another film after the success of the previous three instalments.

The 37-year-old actor is keen to play a superhero because he wants to wear a pair of tights.

Holloway said: “I would love to play a superhero. I’d love to wear a cape and tights!”

The hunky star isn’t worried about performing his own stunts if he lands the role, because he is a real-life action man.

He explained: “I hike and kayak and I have a boat, because I enjoy fishing. I grew up in the mountains where it’s all lakes and streams, so a lot of my life has been an adventure getting to know the ocean.”

Raph's Girl note: So Gambit is older than Rogue??? :ohwell:

[LogicDonny]

cool. I like Josh. He might be good in that part. He was ok in C&C3.

He wants to wear tights haha.. lol.

still x4 is sitll a long way away.

[DrSpengler]

Sounds fine, so long as the guy doesn't look like he's 37.

As far as him being older than Rogue, I'm fine with that. The X-Men movies are a continuity distinctly seperate from hte comics. I didn't lose any sleep when X-Men Evolution made Wolverine considerably older than Jean (I mean, I know he's a hundred years older than her in comics, but the age difference in the cartoon threw any chances of romance out the window).

Besides, in the movies, Rogue has been depowered and settled in with Iceman, another pairing I don't match since it worked well in the films.

[ZariusTwo]

Sounds fine, so long as the guy doesn't look like he's 37.

As far as him being older than Rogue, I'm fine with that. The X-Men movies are a continuity distinctly seperate from hte comics. I didn't lose any sleep when X-Men Evolution made Wolverine considerably older than Jean (I mean, I know he's a hundred years older than her in comics, but the age difference in the cartoon threw any chances of romance out the window).

That's the main reason no romance existed, staying true to the character so they could tell his origins and handle flashback episodes to World War 2. They balanced out the lack of romance with things like Kitty and Avalanche, suffice to say, that became a fan favourate pairing.

I love Jean and Logan's passionate on/off best freind relationship, but I've always backed Scott/Jean more, because it was the first primarily, and the sweeter of the two..until Morrison got his hands on them and played happy disputive fanfiction (I love Morrison to death and got a chortle out of Marvel's reactions to Planet X's aftermath, but I despise what he did with Scott and Jean)

Besides, in the movies, Rogue has been depowered and settled in with Iceman, another pairing I don't match since it worked well in the films.

The cure is'nt permanent, that was obvious from the ending of the movie, so Rouge will shy away from Bobby, run away, bump into Gambit, you don't need to do the math. Relationships change, not everyone stays with who the series or filmes pair them with

[VaughnMichael]

You know I'm not a big fan of Josh on lost but I look at him and go yeah he'd make a decent Gambit so I'm in. I think the casting for the x-men films has been great thus far.