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Nieuws over de cast van X-Men 3. 

http://scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=31046

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Grammer Is Beast In X-Men 3

Marvel entertainment chief Avi Arad told SCI FI Wire that Kelsey
Grammer will plays Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast in the upcoming third
X-Men film and also confirmed earlier reports that Vinnie Jones has
signed to play the villainous Juggernaut. Grammer, best known to
audiences as TV's Frasier Crane, will play the blue-furred biochemist,
whose strength and agility are matched by his genius intellect. Beast
will play a prominent role in the third X-Men film, whose story is
being kept under wraps.

Arad added that casting will be announced in a matter of days for two
new mutant characters: the winged Angel and Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat, who
can phase through solid matter. Both roles will be played by North
American actors, Arad said in an interview. Variety reported that
Maggie Grace (ABC's Lost) was in talks to play Kitty Pryde.

Arad said that director Matthew Vaughn and the filmmakers were seeking
to avoid a British actor to play Beast when Grammer read for the part.
"We've been looking around for actors that are American," he said. "We
didn't want to resort to ... if someone is intelligent, [he] has to
sound like a Brit. ... [Grammer] has this delivery and the voice. You
close your eyes, and you hear Hank McCoy. And there is this innate
intelligence, the warmth, the strength there. He read�here is this big
star�and he just knocked it out of the park. And the rule in our
movies is, you go with the actor. It's not about lookalikes. ... It's
about someone who brings a special tone, a special feeling, to the
character."

As for Jones' role, Arad said: "Juggernaut is an interesting guy. He's
like, once he's in motion, he cannot be stopped, like a bullet. And he
[has] an interesting affiliation: He's actually Xavier's [Professor X,
played by Patrick Stewart,] half-brother. And, again, I cannot
obviously get into the plot, but he's going to be [a] very interesting
villain."

About the other new characters, Arad said: "Angel is a very emotional
thing. We're very close. We'll have someone in the next few days.
He'll have a big role in the movie. And Kitty Pryde has a big role."

Arad said the X-Men 3 is gearing up to begin shooting in Vancouver,
B.C., in July, with an eye to a release on Memorial Day 2006. The film
will bring back the main cast from the previous two films, including
Halle Berry, James Marsden, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart and Ian
McKellen, Arad said. "Everybody's coming back," he said, adding: "And
Matthew Vaughn [Layer Cake] brings a lot of fresh air to the table.
Very, very smart filmmaker. He's working on the script with the
screenwriters, with Zak [Penn] and Simon [Kinberg], and all of us are
very involved in it. This is, I'm telling you, ... huge. ... It's
better than one and two combined. That's a big statement. ... The main
concept, the theme of the movie, it's just scary, brilliant and
thought-provoking."

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Bart Van Hemelen
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