Sofia Boutella is an upcoming and rising actress in Hollywood. She has won over many fans with her portrayal of “Gazelle” in Matthew Vaughn’s “The Kingsman”. If you haven’t seen “Kingsman: The Secret Service” yet, I highly recommend it. A great film that only gets better with multiple viewings.
With that said, Boutella is extremely talented, and I feel like Marvel would be making a mistake by not giving her a chance to audition for the role of Elektra in Marvel and Netflix’s
“Daredevil”.
In this article, I’ll try to show you why I feel like Boutella is more than capable of giving us a great Elektra and why she would be a great addition to Marvel and Netflix’s “Daredevil”.
In the comics,
“Elektra is a kunoichi – female ninja assassin – of Greek descent. She wields a pair of bladed sai as her trademark weapon. Created by Frank Miller, Elektra first appeared in Daredevil #168 (January 1981). She is a love interest of the superhero Daredevil, but her violent nature and mercenary lifestyle divide the two. She is one of Frank Miller's best-loved creations, and subsequent writers' use of her is controversial as Marvel had originally promised to not resurrect the character without Miller's permission. She has also appeared as a supporting character of the X-Men's Wolverine and in other series and mini-series as well as adaptations for the screen.”
Boutella is an Algerian-French dancer, actress and musician, known mainly for hip-hop and street dance, known as the Nike Girl from Nike Women advertising campaigns. She starred in films such asStreetDance 2, Monsters: Dark Continent and Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Boutella is really talented. She is an athlete and a dancer.
She also studied Thai Boxing and Taekwondo in order to do this in “
Kingsman: The Secret Service”
Of the training, Boutella has said,
“The stunt training for the film was intense,” Boutella continued. “They taught me Thai boxing, taekwondo and how to work with cables. Gazelle uses her legs to kill, so I had to learn different types of kicks. I’d never done anything like it before.”
On to her acting,
It was hard to find clips of Boutella’s acting, because it is so early in her career, so before you watch the clip, take this into consideration.
Imagine this scene (minus some, if not all of the dancing)
Boutella is Elektra
Replace the guy in this scene for Matt Murdock
Change the music
Change the environment to college or somewhere in Hell’s Kitchen
And, most importantly, imagine the tone to that of Daredevil
I really feel like Boutella could own this role. I think Marvel would be missing out if they didn’t at least contact her for an audition.
So, that’s the News that I am hoping to hear,
Sofia Boutella is Elektra in Daredevil!!
Or
Sofia Boutella auditioned for Daredevil, although Marvel is considering her for the role, the audition process is still ongoing and Marvel is still looking for the right actress.
Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope this made sense and didn’t sound like I was rambling.