January Jones Signs as Emma Frost for X-Men: First Class


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In an exclusive report, Deadline has confirmed that Emmy-nominated actress January Jones will join the X-Men: First Class movie to play the part of Emma Frost:

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EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has rounded out the cast of X-Men: First Class, and the big surprise is that Mad Men star January Jones has been signed to play the role of Emma Frost, the gorgeous mutant with telepathic powers. At the same time, director Matthew Vaughn has set Zoe Kravitz to play Angel; Salvadore; Jason Flemyng will play Azazel, the father of Nightcrawler; Bill Milner to play the young version of Magneto (Michael Fassbender), and Morgan Lily to play the Young Raven. They join Fassbender, James McAvoy (Xavier), Nicholas Hoult (Beast) Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee), Lucas Till (Havoc), Edi Gathegi (Darwin), who round out the mutant contingent. Kevin Bacon is playing the villain, Rose Byrne will play McAvoy's love interest Moira MacTaggert, and Oliver Platt is playing The Man in Black. Production begins August 23 in London.

UTA client Jones, who plays Mad Men's Betty Francis -- the recently divorced wife of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) -- will emerge from that 1960s setting to play Emma Frost, the mutant also known as the White Queen. While speculative reports had Alice Eve playing that role, no deal was concluded. Mad Men wraps its fourth season in early September, and she will be able to jump right into the role. Jones received her first Emmy nomination for Lead Actress in a Drama, for Mad Men.
Going from humanized ice queen Betty Draper to the villainous White Queen may not be much of a stretch for Jones, but she has the potential to expand on the role. At the very least, she's an improvement on the nonentity Tahyna Tozzi who played the part in the Wolverine movie.


 

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I dunno. Her face seems all wrong for Emma Frost.

Oh noes I made a body part comment...



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Originally Posted by NinjaPirate View Post
I dunno. Her face seems all wrong for Emma Frost.
I could see it, but Alice Eve was a far better contender. Unfortunately, looks like Alice Eve didn't want to do it.


 

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Jason Flemyng will play Azazel, the father of Nightcrawler

WTF! Why must we suffer that crappy Azazel storyline. Even years after he got the boot, the taint of Chuck Austin still lingers. This movie keeps getting lamer the more I hear about it.


Way to many alts.

 

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Man with all these YOUNG mutants and the whole Xavier and Mags storyline , this movie will be 3 hours long


 

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Man with all these YOUNG mutants and the whole Xavier and Mags storyline , this movie will be 3 hours long

Its starting to smell like writting from Wolverine all over again Way too much going on, so many heroes/villians and they will get none of them right!!!


 

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Its starting to smell like writting from Wolverine all over again Way too much going on, so many heroes/villians and they will get none of them right!!!
They don't have to have a lot of heroes/heroes to get them wrong, case in point Jonah Hex.


 

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I could see it, but Alice Eve was a far better contender. Unfortunately, looks like Alice Eve didn't want to do it.
umm... right... new forum... but

Alice Eve

Giggity.