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7:58 am - 07/28/2010

Edi Gathegi cast as Darwin in X-Men: First Class



Edi Gathegi, who played a chillingly evil vampire in Twilight and Twilight Saga: New Moon, is joining X-Men: First Class in the role of Darwin. That character, the first biracial mutant (in the comic series), has the power of "reactive evolution," which allows him to adapt to any situation or environment. Plunged underwater, he'll grow gills, he'll gain night vision in pitch black and his skin grows fire retardant when burned.

Gathegi, who played Laurent in the Twilight films, just wrapped production on the Paul Johansson-directed adaptation of the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged. He's repped by Paradigm and Framework.

X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn has set James McAvoy to play Xavier, Michael Fassbender to play Magneto, Alice Eve as Emma Frost, Nicholas Hoult to play Beast, Jennifer Lawrence to play Mystique, Caleb Landry Jones to play Banshee and Lucas Till to play Havok. Kevin Bacon is playing the villain.

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[info]mistressboy 28th-Jul-2010 12:21 pm (UTC)
Cool beans!

I am looking forward to seeing James McAvoy in this. He's super hot.
[info]myfina 28th-Jul-2010 12:22 pm (UTC)
idk idk
[info]lroche_nf 28th-Jul-2010 12:23 pm (UTC)
I hope they don't f this movie up
[info]measuringcups 28th-Jul-2010 12:38 pm (UTC)
Good, I like him.
[info]tiffanynichelle 28th-Jul-2010 12:38 pm (UTC)
I have no idea what the hell they are doing with this movie anymore.
[info]spotthesunshine 28th-Jul-2010 12:40 pm (UTC)
Me neither. :/

But i do like him, so hopefully it will go ok?

Doubt it though.
[info]cricketgrl 28th-Jul-2010 12:44 pm (UTC)
Honestly, it's all so confusing but it certainly seems like this is a complete reboot of the franchise (which is smart).

[info]gerrycurls 28th-Jul-2010 01:58 pm (UTC)
ia. why are they even picking "First Class" when it's not about the first x-men?
[info]drbat 28th-Jul-2010 04:35 pm (UTC)
It's going to have Mags and Xav starting the school together.
[info]diamond_dust06 28th-Jul-2010 05:11 pm (UTC)
But it is about the first X-Men. Just not the same as in the comics, which people would realize if they paid any attention to the other movies.
[info]tx5mym5 28th-Jul-2010 03:14 pm (UTC)
mte

wtf?
[info]mightyalrighty 28th-Jul-2010 04:05 pm (UTC)
where is the fierce bitch in your icon is my fucking question
[info]drasticsigns 28th-Jul-2010 08:12 pm (UTC)
ikr
[info]blacklicorice99 28th-Jul-2010 12:40 pm (UTC)
rastabortionist
[info]colossusx 28th-Jul-2010 12:41 pm (UTC)
...the first biracial mutant? i find that hard to believe.
[info]marinade 28th-Jul-2010 01:04 pm (UTC)
Maybe the first half-African, half-Latino biracial mutant? He wasn't introduced until 2006, so this article may be stretching it.

Edited at 2010-07-28 01:04 pm (UTC)
[info]xlovexlessxtyx 28th-Jul-2010 04:06 pm (UTC)
And you're right not question it. X-men has always been about diversity. He is far from the first bi-racial mutant. Maybe the first put into the mainstream, but the first ever. Silly hollywood reporters and they're lack of investigative journalism.
[info]xlovexlessxtyx 28th-Jul-2010 04:07 pm (UTC)
ugh sorry.


You're right *to* question it.
[info]diamond_dust06 28th-Jul-2010 04:57 pm (UTC)
But how many biracial characters are there? The oldest that comes to mind is Sunspot, from the '80s. (Storm's father wasn't white, was he? Because then she'd be the oldest.)
[info]cricketgrl 28th-Jul-2010 12:43 pm (UTC)
Where is my Wolverine & Rogue casting?

I'm assuming they won't be in First Class probably Second Class instead.
[info]foofbunny 28th-Jul-2010 06:31 pm (UTC)
I'm sad that Rogue won't be in it, but I'm MAJORLY excited to see an X-Men movie that isn't all about Wolverine.
[info]bloody_hell 28th-Jul-2010 12:51 pm (UTC)
Ooh cool
[info]thisampersand 28th-Jul-2010 12:55 pm (UTC)
Stellar cast. So are they branding this as a prequel or a reboot?
[info]drbat 28th-Jul-2010 04:38 pm (UTC)
So far it's just a prequel.
[info]demented_21 28th-Jul-2010 01:05 pm (UTC)
Big Love~ (from when House was still good)

btw the paragraph that includes the whole cast was a big pile of meh and then it said "Kevin Bacon is playing the villain" and I went "SOLD!". So I guess I'll be watching this.
[info]treebraids 28th-Jul-2010 01:21 pm (UTC)
has the power of "reactive evolution," which allows him to adapt to any situation or environment. Plunged underwater, he'll grow gills, he'll gain night vision in pitch black and his skin grows fire retardant when burned

That sounds so bad ass. I'm going to start picking this as my superhero power.
[info]pivotandsway 28th-Jul-2010 02:19 pm (UTC)
ikr, damn.
[info]hellocheerio 28th-Jul-2010 02:59 pm (UTC)
Same!

Why have I never thought of this before???
[info]tx5mym5 28th-Jul-2010 03:15 pm (UTC)
My fave is when they faced the Hulk and his powers made him teleport into another state.
[info]xlovexlessxtyx 28th-Jul-2010 04:08 pm (UTC)
that was hilarious and genius.
[info]drasticsigns 28th-Jul-2010 08:13 pm (UTC)
lmao
[info]a_little_faerie 28th-Jul-2010 03:38 pm (UTC)
Yeah, he's a really, really cool character.
[info]watermeloncholy 28th-Jul-2010 04:15 pm (UTC)
mte
[info]watermeloncholy 28th-Jul-2010 04:16 pm (UTC)
Oh, but what's his weakness though? If it's something really effed up then I'm rethinking it.
[info]diamond_dust06 28th-Jul-2010 04:54 pm (UTC)
EVOLUTION DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT.

[info]cinecat 28th-Jul-2010 06:08 pm (UTC)
ikr, that's awesome
[info]mixed_reviews 28th-Jul-2010 01:24 pm (UTC)
Twilight? I think they mean he's best known for playing single father Cole 'the Mormon' on House a few seasons ago. :)
[info]vehiclesshockme 28th-Jul-2010 01:36 pm (UTC)
Seriously. He's Big Love first.
[info]minalskare 28th-Jul-2010 02:15 pm (UTC)
MTE
I had no idea he was in Twilight
[info]watermeloncholy 28th-Jul-2010 04:17 pm (UTC)
lol the vampire with the hilarious dreds
[info]missy_jess 28th-Jul-2010 01:27 pm (UTC)
Aw, I liked him on House. Can't they bring him back there?
[info]hellocheerio 28th-Jul-2010 02:47 pm (UTC)
I would watch again if they would bring both him and Kal Penn back. That was when the show was at its best, in my opinion. But I do know that part of this is impossible....
[info]vehiclesshockme 28th-Jul-2010 01:36 pm (UTC)
Whenever I see him I'm like, "HI BIG LOVE! HI!"
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