I could see him playing Henry Gyrich. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:53 PM, brent wodehouse < brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> wrote:
> > > http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=28329 > > 12 July 2010 > > Kevin Bacon Vs The X-Men? > > In talks for the First Class villain > > Source: Deadline > > The cast of Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class could all see their number > in the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game go down by a few digits - the actor > has been offered the role of the main villain in the movie. > > While the exact details of the bad guy is unknown, Deadline reports that > Bacon is in talks to snatch the role, which would see him facing off > against James McAvoy’s Professor Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender’s Erik > Lensherr and the young mutants they’re training to help the world. > > There has been a flurry of casting on the film in recent weeks, with the > likes of Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee), Alice Eve > (Emma Frost) and Lucas Till (Havoc) all signing on, with the likelihood of > a few more to come. > > With a script re-written by Vaughn and regular collaborator Jane Goldman, > X-Men: First Class will start shooting next month. > > James White > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
