'Wolverine' Cast Expands Again: Daniel Henney Joins As Agent Zero
Filed under: Casting, 20th Century Fox, Comic/Superhero/Geek
The X-Men Origins: Wolverine roster grows bigger. Variety has confirmed the addition of Dominic Monaghan we reported earlier and added a new face to the mix: Daniel Henney as Agent Zero.
The addition of this character confirms that Wolverine will deal with a Team X storyline, and possibly gives away what Deadpool is doing here. Agent Zero, who has the power of absorbing kinetic energy through impact, was one of the mutant operatives that Weapon X experimented on. Thankfully, his stories were a little cooler, as he took on East Germans and Russian super soldiers alongside Wolverine and Sabretooth. (And speaking of Russian super soldiers -- who wants to take bets Omega Red is cast by next week?)
This still fails to explain what Gambit is doing in Wolverine. And Beak? It's like the writers made a list of Marvel characters Wolverine talked to once, attached it to a board, and threw darts at it. It is pretty hard to make an origin story more convoluted than the one Wolverine already boasts, but it really looks like the filmmakers are going to try. Should we just be glad that they're skipping Wolverine: Origin where he was re-imagined as a Bronte character?
My faith dwindles in this film by the hour -- which is about how fast these casting announcements are pouring in. I wanted to see Logan naked, tortured, and hunting bears in the Canadian snow. (Read into that all you will.) I was hoping to see him wipe out all of Roanoke before going claw to claw with Sabretooth. My expectations were fangirly and low, and thus easily satisfied. Now it feels like Wolverine is going to be making a cameo in his own movie.
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2-22-2008 @ 12:30PM
mindy said...
i feel like gambit is there because people love him and he was criminally left out of the 3 x-men movies. i admit, my first thought when wolverine was announced was hope that gambit would finally show up on screen at some point. and that harry connick jr. wouldnt just automatically be cast for the role, but that is neither here nor there.
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2-22-2008 @ 1:07PM
Riley Freeman said...
im sorry i dont see the problem of gambit being in this movie. the first 3 pieces of crap they put together to make xmen films was missing probably the second most popular xman behind wolverine which is gambit.
his humour his hitting on women has always made him very popular. and i dont want anyone to say stupid cyclops is a favorite he is like the boy scout superman that never does anything wrong.
so im all for gambit. maybe if they reboot the xmen they do it properly with ALL the characters and not stupid rogue as a teenage girl with her boyhood crush. 3 movies they couldnt get it right. frustrating
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