Omar Sy Joins ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’
Bryan Singer’s loaded up hisX-Men: Days of Future Pastcast with returning stars from both the previous trilogy and the current series, but now there are some fresh faces to get excited about as well. A couple of weeks back,Peter Dinklagebecame the first newX-Menstar when he booked an unnamed villain role. Now he’s being joined byOmar Sy, the French star ofThe Intouchables. Hit the jump to keep reading.
The filmmaker has not revealed which role Sy will play — all the better to keep fans chattering about the possibilities, I guess. One that’s cropped up frequently in the ensuing speculation is Bishop, a mutant who travels back in time from a dystopian future. The character wasn’t introduced in the comics until well after theDays of Future Paststoryline concluded. But screenwriterSimon Kinbergis bound to take a few liberties with the source material, and as a time traveler he could easily fit in to this plot arc.
Sy has been acting in his native country for over a decade, but it was the 2011 French dramedyThe Intouchablesthat brought him international attention and acclaim. Sy will next be seen in Michel Gondry’sMood Indigo.X-Men: Days of Future Pastrepresents his first major English-language film, as far as I can tell. Beyond that, he’s been linked toChef, the former David O. Russell project co-starring Bradley Cooper.
X-Men: Days of Future Past starsJames McAvoy,Michael Fassbender,Jennifer Lawrence, andNicholas HoultfromFirst Class, andPatrick Stewart,Ian McKellan,Hugh Jackman,Anna Paquin,Ellen Page,Shawn Ashmore, andprobablyHalle Berryfrom the original trilogy. Fox has the film slated for aJuly 18, 2014release.
