Casting news for X-Men 3

May 18, 2005 @ 2:40 pm · Posted by Boxen · Filed under Entertainment

Hide your coke, Wolverine. Kelsey Grammer will be playing Beast in X-Men 3

7 Comments

  1. bluegrass girl Said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 3:24 pm

    He didn’t exactly demonstrate the agility or grace of Beast when he took a tumble off the stage at Disneyland last week. It was a total Bob Dole moment.

  2. Electro Rock Said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 3:41 pm

    Great voice for the character though…I am pleased with this.

  3. bluegrass girl Said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 3:56 pm

    Yeah, he’ll be able to let lots of pseudoscientific phrases roll off the tongue mellifluously. Score one for the good guys.
    I’d reserve final judgment on casting – you never know when they’ll do something moronic and make Vin Diesel Archangel.

  4. punctual_shrimp Said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 4:09 pm

    Or Johnny Knoxville as Gambit.

    Wait, that might be good.

  5. bluegrass girl Said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 4:17 pm

    Johny Knoxville always looks like he has some kind of autoimmune disorder (dark undereye circles, scrawny as hell).
    I thought Harry Connick used to be the default Gambit suggestion. Little long in the tooth these days, though.

  6. Electro Rock Said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 7:07 pm

    I agree with Connick. But actually if you want to see a pretty close Gambit, go see the movie Hard Target starring Jean Claude Van Damme. I hate Van Damme, but crap, he even wears the overcoat.

  7. Boxen Said,

    May 18, 2005 @ 8:59 pm

    Are you saying that because Van Damme was in Breakin’?

    Vinnie Jones is playing Juggernaut. I guess he’s badass, but too Manchester hooligan-y. My pick, Rowdy Roddy Piper.

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