We don’t want to give this story too much credence frankly, but we did already mention a few days ago, very briefly, that professional surfer and bikini model — Erica Hosseini — tweeted about auditioning for the part of Willow in Matthew Vaughn’s “X-Men: First Class.”
Wait, who? Willow is a Mystique-like shape shifting character that existed in the the short-lived Marvel run X-Nation 2099 series that only lasted six issues, so even most die-hard fans aren’t aware of who she is. Obviously that series is set in the far, far future. So what’s going on here? We’ve already heard about issues with the script, and now they’re grabbing characters from all eras and mashing them into the new film continuity? It’s totally possible, but we have no clue.
As we know from history, actors — and especially actors with little experience — generally never get roles if they’re tweeting about the auditions or even just talking about auditions. “Hopefully I don’t get in trouble for blabbing details on the off-chance that I get it,” Hosseini told FilmFillia, knowing her prospects of landing the role are next to nil. “But I have absolutely no acting experience. I really hope that I get a call back, but I’m not holding my breath.”
That’s good thinking, don’t quit your day job.
But here’s one hypothesis. Is it possible that the casting agents are telling actors, and especially bit-part actors — if someone like this is reading for the role, we can’t imagine it’s big — that they’re reading for one role, but they’re actually testing out for another part they’re unaware of, to keep word from leaking?
What we’re postulating is that some of these names like Willow or another rumored smaller character like Multiple Man (allegedly played by Kevin Pellington) — could they simply be purposeful disinformation? Maybe we’re giving the production too much credit here and with minor characters like Emma Frost already confirmed, we may be way off the mark, but we’re just desperately hoping this thing doesn’t turn into spot-the-mutant cameo like the eyesore that was “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”
