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Who Should Play X-23?
Posted by Labels: Brianna Hildebrand, Emilia Clarke, Hailee Steinfeld, Hannah John-Kamen, Ksenia Solo, Wolverine 3, X-23, X-Men |
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Last week comic book hype broke the story that Laura Kinney, aka X-23, will make her movie debut in the forthcoming Wolverine sequel from 20th Century Fox.
X-23, aka Laura Kinney, is a clone of Logan / James Howlett / Wolverine created by Dr. Sarah Kinney for a top secret program attempting to replicate the work of Weapon X. As the Y Chromosome is damaged Dr. Kinney duplicates a X pair creating a female version. X-23 is the first successful attempt at the procedure after 22 failed attempts, hence the name X-23. Dr. Kinney names the young child Laura. I'll skip a lot of the details, but X-23 is a killing machine.
Assuming X-23 is indeed in the forthcoming Wolverine Sequel, who should portray the raged filled teenager?
The first question is how old do the producers, how tall and how old.
The casting call suggests someone over 21 and between 4' and 4' 11" tall. Well that's a tall order. If only Kate Beckinsale was 10 years younger or.... That's my biggest problem with the part, I can think of half-a-dozen actresses that would be great fit for the part ten years ago, now everyone I can think of has potential problems.
Prior to the release of Deadpool director Tim Miller suggest that Tatiana Maslany of Orphan Black fame was cast as X-23 for Deadpool. Tatiana Maslany would be a popular choice and yes a safe choice for the part.
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Hannah John-Kamen portrays the assassin, I mean bounty hunter Dutch on SyFy's Killjoys. At 26 years old and experienced in working with Sci Fi, even if just in television Hannah has displayed the look and temperament of X-23 as Dutch on Killjoys, at 5ft 5in tall she is about 6 inches too tall for the part.
As a side note she stars opposite Aaron Ashmore, the identical twin brother to Shawn Ashmore who portrays Bobby Drake / Iceman in several X-Men films.
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Ksenia Solo is most known for her role as Kensey Malikov on the Canada TV series Lost Girl opposite of Anna Silk. Current she stars as Piggy Shippen on AMC TURN: Washington Spies.
From her roles on both TV and Cinema Ksenia Solo has shown the ability to capture a variety of different looks and appearances. At 5ft 4in tall she stands almost half a foot too tall from the casting sheet. None of her roles have shown the physical side of combat.
Hailee Steinfeld is a fan favorite for any parts in the X-Men universe as her name has been linked to at least three different parts in the past three years from Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse to Vanessa in Deadpool.
Hailee has appeared in numerous movies, tv and music videos; however her role as Petra Arkinian in Ender's Game is what get Sci Fi Fans excited.
She is 5ft 7in tall and only 19 years old so she does not necessarily fit description in the casting call.
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Emilia Clarke is best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen on HBO's Game of Thrones. Many of her Game of Thrones co-stars have roles in the X-Men universe, including Sophie Turner as the young Jean Grey and Maise Williams who is signed on to play Rahne Sinclair in the forthcoming X-Men: New Mutants.
At 5ft 2in tall Emilia Clarke is the closest in height to the casting call, I should point out Hugh Jackman is 6ft 2in tall a clear half-a-foot taller than Logan is in the comic books.
So out of those I have listed who would I like to see get the part? Well I think Brianna Hildebrand
would be the best choice. Whoops she is already cast as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in the X-Men universe.
From those listed I think Emilia Clarke is the closest to what the producers of X-Men have indicated in their casting call. With many of her costars are already attached to parts in the X-Men universe clearly gives her a leg up if she is interested in he part. If I were choosing I'd give a long look at Hannah John-Kamen but her height might be too much for the producers.
Just my thoughts.
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