Following yesterday’s news that Nicholas Hoult (“A Single Man,” “Clash Of The Titans,” the upcoming “Mad Max 4”) had stepped into the role of Beast and Caleb Landry Jones (NBC’s “Friday Night Lights”), had been officially cast as the Irish sonic-screaming mutant Banshee, yet another name is being batted around in the seemingly endless run or rumors and speculation surround Matthew Vaughn’s “X-Men: First Class.”
Deadline reports that Kevin Bacon has been made an offer and is in negotiations to join the film to play the as-yet-to-be revealed villain. We’ll leave the speculation to what that villain may be to everyone else, but needless to say, if Bacon joins the film, Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon is going to get a lot easier for a younger generation who may not be familiar with “JFK.”
James McAvoy (Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto) and Alice Eve (Emma Frost) are confirmed while Lucas Till (Havoc) remains in negotiations. Casting is ramping up in anticipation of August shoot.
