Legend
08-02-2008, 04:55 AM
* Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine: The mutant and future X-Man. Jackman, who played Wolverine in the previous films, has also become producer of the film, and is being paid $20 million for the film.[4] Jackman underwent a high intensity weight training regimen to bulk up for his role. He changed the program to shock the body into change and also performed cardiovascular workouts.[5] Jackman worked out in a Queenstown gym where he would arrive daily at 6am. He stayed in character and made noises while exercising.[6]
o Troye Mellet plays the young Logan. David Benioff's first draft depicted the young Logan being bullied.[7] Casting directors cast Mellet after seeing him sing at the Channel Seven Perth Telethons, and he was accepted after sending in an audition tape.[8] Kodi Smit-McPhee was originally cast in the role, when filming was originally beginning in December 2007,[9] but he opted out to film The Road.[10]
* Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed / Sabretooth:[11] Tyler Mane, who played him in X-Men, had hoped to reprise the role.[12]
* Danny Huston as William Stryker:[11] Schreiber was originally in negotiations for the part,[3] while Brian Cox, who played the character in X2, wanted to reprise the role. He believed computer-generated imagery, similar to the program applied to Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the opening flashback of X-Men: The Last Stand, would allow him to appear as the younger Stryker.[1]
* Lynn Collins as Kayla Silver Fox:[11] Michelle Monaghan turned down the role because of scheduling conflicts, despite her enthusiasm to work with Jackman.[13]
* Daniel Henney as David North / Agent Zero: A member of the Weapon X program and an expert tracker with lethal marksman skills.[14]
* Will.i.am as John Wraith / Kestrel: A teleporting mutant who becomes a Weapon X test subject.[11] It is will.i.am's film debut. Although he initially did not get on with the casting director, he got the role because he wanted to play a mutant with the same power as Nightcrawler. He enrolled in boot camp to get into shape for the part.[15] When filming a fight, he accidentally punched and broke the camera, which created a scar on his knuckles.[16]
* Taylor Kitsch as Remy LeBeau / Gambit: A Cajun thief who has the ability to charge any object he touches with kinetic energy, forcing it to explode. The size of the object determines the magnitude of the resulting explosion.[11]
* Dominic Monaghan as Barnell: "[He] has the ability to manipulate energy and electricity."[14]
* Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool: A wisecracking and thoroughly insane mercenary who can heal like Wolverine.[11]
* Scott Adkins as Weapon XI: Weapon XI will feature in the end sequence fight scene against Wolverine.[17]
I can't wait to see deadpool.
o Troye Mellet plays the young Logan. David Benioff's first draft depicted the young Logan being bullied.[7] Casting directors cast Mellet after seeing him sing at the Channel Seven Perth Telethons, and he was accepted after sending in an audition tape.[8] Kodi Smit-McPhee was originally cast in the role, when filming was originally beginning in December 2007,[9] but he opted out to film The Road.[10]
* Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed / Sabretooth:[11] Tyler Mane, who played him in X-Men, had hoped to reprise the role.[12]
* Danny Huston as William Stryker:[11] Schreiber was originally in negotiations for the part,[3] while Brian Cox, who played the character in X2, wanted to reprise the role. He believed computer-generated imagery, similar to the program applied to Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the opening flashback of X-Men: The Last Stand, would allow him to appear as the younger Stryker.[1]
* Lynn Collins as Kayla Silver Fox:[11] Michelle Monaghan turned down the role because of scheduling conflicts, despite her enthusiasm to work with Jackman.[13]
* Daniel Henney as David North / Agent Zero: A member of the Weapon X program and an expert tracker with lethal marksman skills.[14]
* Will.i.am as John Wraith / Kestrel: A teleporting mutant who becomes a Weapon X test subject.[11] It is will.i.am's film debut. Although he initially did not get on with the casting director, he got the role because he wanted to play a mutant with the same power as Nightcrawler. He enrolled in boot camp to get into shape for the part.[15] When filming a fight, he accidentally punched and broke the camera, which created a scar on his knuckles.[16]
* Taylor Kitsch as Remy LeBeau / Gambit: A Cajun thief who has the ability to charge any object he touches with kinetic energy, forcing it to explode. The size of the object determines the magnitude of the resulting explosion.[11]
* Dominic Monaghan as Barnell: "[He] has the ability to manipulate energy and electricity."[14]
* Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool: A wisecracking and thoroughly insane mercenary who can heal like Wolverine.[11]
* Scott Adkins as Weapon XI: Weapon XI will feature in the end sequence fight scene against Wolverine.[17]
I can't wait to see deadpool.