Earlier this month, we reported thatNarcosstarBoyd Holbrookhas signed on to play themain villainin 20th Century Fox’s highly-anticipatedWolverine 3, alongsideHugh JackmanandPatrick Stewart. A report from February revealed that filming will begin sometime this month in New Orleans, but it isn’t known exactly when cameras will start rolling on this superhero adventure, which will markHugh Jackman’s final performance as Wolverine. Today we have a new casting report that hints another mutant from the comics may be popping up inWolverine 3, X-23.
Project Castingposted a casting notice yesterday for the thirdWolverine movie, which is reportedly shooting under the working titleJuarez. The production is seeking a very specific type of young woman to play body doubles and stand-ins for an unspecified character. The production is seeking Caucasian, Hispanic and Asian women over the age of 21, who are between 4'0-4'11 in height, size 0-4, with dark brown hair for stand-in roles, which could very well be for the X-23 character.
X-23, a.k.a. Laura Kinney, was created byCraig Kylefor the animated TV seriesX-Men: Evolution, making her debut on the show in 2004. She soon transferred over to the comics, where she was further created by bothCraig KyleandChristopher Yost, who went on to write the scripts forThorandThor: The Dark World. X-23 was cloned from Wolverine’s DNA, and her name comes from the fact that she was the 23rd attempt at creating a clone, and by far the most successful. Much likeWolverinehimself, X-23 has regenerative healing abilities and retractableadamantium claws, along with superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes and heightened senses.
The casting call is also seeking Caucasian, Hispanic and Asian female children between the ages of 6-13 who are between the height of 4'2-4'5 with dark brown hair for photo doubles. Applicants must be local to the New Orleans area and fit all of the above listed criteria. For those who want to apply, you’re able to send an email to Juarez@centralcasting.com with a recent photo along with your name, contact phone number, and location.
If this casting call is for the X-23 role, it would mark the first time thismutantwill be seen on the silver screen. Aside fromX-Men: Evolution, the character was also featured on another animated series,Wolverine and The X-Men, where she was voiced byTara Strong. There is very little we know about the story at this point, but there have been rumors that directorJames Mangoldand writerMichael Greenmay be adapting the popular Old Man Logan story line, where Logan loses his mutant powers and starts to age. In the Marvel comic books, after the Secret Wars event, Laura is revealed to be one of the two new Wolverines in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe, along with Old Man Logan. We’ll be sure to keep you posted with moreWolverine 3updates as soon as they come in.
