Huh.

[joiedecombat]

Variety has confirmed that Kelsey Grammer has been cast to play Beast in X3.

They also mention Vinnie Jones cast as Juggernaut and Maggie Grace in negotiations to play Kitty, and casting for Angel. As a man, yes.

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[flusterbunny.livejournal.com]

Whoa.

I really hope they blue-hair Kelsey up, then. I like the idea, though.

[joiedecombat.livejournal.com]

Here's the article:


"Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment have bolstered the mutant roster for "X-Men 3" with Kelsey Grammer, who is set to play Beast, the oversized blue-furred creature who has not yet appeared in an "X-Men" film. The Matthew Vaughn-directed sequel is skedded to bow Memorial Day weekend next year.

Studio is setting Vinnie Jones for the bad-guy role of Juggernaut. Jones is the former British soccer player who has been seen in "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." Juggernaut, a 6-foot-10, 900-pound metal-clad battering ram, is the half-brother of Professor X and will anchor Magneto's villainous band.

Fox has begun negotiations with "Lost's" Maggie Grace to play the role of Kitty Pryde, a beauty who can walk through walls. Studio is also searching for an actor to play Angel, a handsome winged mutant who is ashamed of his feathery appendages.

While Grammer might seem a surprise to play a 355-pound blue-colored brute, producer Avi Arad said, "Kelsey was born to play the role," explaining that Beast is the most intelligent of the mutants, a pacifist Ph.D. and genetic researcher named Hank McCoy.

"This is a big role in the new movie, and when we met with him, you can see that Kelsey has that you'd-better-have-a-dictionary-handy intelligence," said Arad, who's producing with Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter."


It doesn't exactly confirm that Beast's going to be furry, but it implies it.

[flusterbunny.livejournal.com]

I don't have a LOT of hope for this one, I'm afraid, but we'll see. I enjoyed Matthew Vaughn's "Layer Cake." I have no idea how a lanky guy like Vinnie Jones is gonna be Juggernaut, but it makes sense to have a British badass playing him, since he is Xavier's half-brother.

The trouble will be buying Kelsey Grammer as an acrobat. Which is why he's gotta be in the heavy makeup. I can see them saying "How 'bout we split the difference and make him furry, but not blue?" Too many blue mutants might make people go "what the hell's up with the blue mutants?"

[flusterbunny.livejournal.com]

Just noticed who the Kitty actress is. That's a buxom Pryde.

[joiedecombat.livejournal.com]

Especially compared to Sumela Kay and Katie Stuart. I wonder how they plan to handle that transition.

[flusterbunny.livejournal.com]

That's easy. They won't mention it at all. We'll see how long after X2 they'll set it.

[persephoneflame.livejournal.com]

*cries*

I <3 Katie Stuart

[zippyfish.livejournal.com]

I heard that Angel was going to be played by "Sark" from Alias.

[joiedecombat.livejournal.com]

I've heard he's being considered, but all the article says is that they're casting the character, so either they're being secretive or it's not confirmed yet.