Summer Glau as Kitty Pryde in X3???

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SLAYER730

Friday, July 15, 2005 9:00 AM

Saw this recently...sorry if it's a re-post.

Summer Glau for Kitty Pryde in X3?
Source: CheeseMan June 30, 2005

Writer/director Joss Whedon (the upcoming Wonder Woman) has commented on rumors that his "Firefly" and "Serenity" star Summer Glau is up for the role of Kitty Pryde in X-Men 3, now that "Lost" star Maggie Grace is no longer on board. Whedon posted the following on the "Serenity" official site's message board:

Summer did read for Kitty in X3. I know because she called me and mentioned she was going to and did I know anything about the character (there were no 'sides' to study -- they had to get them when they came in). So the girl I turned into sort of a superhero in my movie was going to read for the character that most influenced ALL my girl-heroes, Kitty Pryde. Karmically funky. Anyhoo, she called me after and said it was very emotional and kind of like when she read for FIREFLY, she just got into a very intense groove. She started telling me about the scene she read and that's when I realized WHY it was kind of like she read for FIREFLY. 'Cause (as you may know) it was a scene I wrote for Astonishing X-Men issue #5. I assume they just didn't have sides ready and used that but this was like a karmic moebius strip, it was just too folded in on itself. In this time of odd, I turned to beer. (No I didn't. Stay in school.)

I don't know what the X-peeps are looking for -- or even if that other girl has really dropped out -- but for my money, Summer would make a wonderful Kitty. (And I don't say that lightly.) As long as it doesn't interfere with SERENITY II: RICARDO MONTALBAN'S STILL PISSED -- or, much more importantly, SERENITY III: SO VERY NUDE.

***Never judge a book by its movie***

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, July 15, 2005 2:04 PM

*silently drools*

Ok, for that I might watch X3.

Even if it does suck as completely as the first 2.

-F

HJERMSTED

Friday, July 15, 2005 4:00 PM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Even if it does suck as completely as the first 2.

-F

Ouch!

Here's where I chime in to defend the first two X-Men films which were very well done. Bryan Singer did a fantastic job with these films both of which sit proudly on my dvd shelf.

I am, however, concerned about X3 which is being rushed into production with a new director just to meet a release date (May 26th '06) even though there is no script and they're still casting!

When Marvel (Fox, in this case) rushes a project into existence, the end result is often subpar. Just watch Fantastic Four.

mattro

PHOEBE

Friday, July 15, 2005 4:17 PM

Part of the script is actually online... and it's... well, when it went up there were a lot of "DIE FOX DIE" MSN titles.

SLAYER730

Friday, July 15, 2005 6:27 PM

Part of the script online? Where?

***Never judge a book by its movie***

PHOEBE

Friday, July 15, 2005 6:32 PM

Major, major, major, major spoilers in this... If this really is true, then it's absolutely horrendous. They've massacred what could've been a good movie.

http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20443

DBLADE

Friday, July 15, 2005 10:08 PM

Gack! X2 is still my favorite superhero movie of all time. That hurts.

PINGJING

Friday, July 15, 2005 10:12 PM

I googled this news to see how many people had heard of it, and to see what else I could find out, and I actually found sites in Spanish and (I think) Russian. X-men/Joss/Summer have a wide fanbase when you put them all together. Just thought I'd share...

SLAYER730

Friday, July 15, 2005 10:40 PM

Thanks PHOEBE; that was...uh...something. If that's the state of X-Men 3, maybe Summer Glau should run for the hills while she still has the chance.

***Never judge a book by its movie***

PHOEBE

Friday, July 15, 2005 11:21 PM

No probs.

See, I'm conflicted. I want Summer to be in a big movie, with a good character and plenty of attention, since we all want big things for our girl Summer But at the same time... I pity anyone connected to that mistake.

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