NOPE Star Keke Palmer Is Fully On Board With Playing Rogue In MCU X-MEN Reboot

NOPE Star Keke Palmer Is Fully On Board With Playing Rogue In MCU X-MEN Reboot NOPE Star Keke Palmer Is Fully On Board With Playing Rogue In MCU X-MEN Reboot

Keke Palmer has responded to being fan-cast as Rogue on social media, and it looks like the highly in-demand Nope star would be more than happy to suit-up as the fan-favorite Southern Belle...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 16, 2022 09:09 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men

Keke Palmer was already a best-selling recording artist prior to landing the co-lead role in Jordan Peele's Nope, but her infectious, standout performance as Emerald in the recent sci-fi flick put her on the map in a big way.

It probably won't be too long before the superhero movie offers come flooding in (if they haven't already), but it looks like Palmer has set her sights on a somewhat surprising character.

A TikToker (is that a thing?) shared a video explaining why he feels Palmer would be a perfect pick to play Rogue (as opposed to the heroes she's usually fan-cast as, such as Storm) in the upcoming Marvel Studios X-Men reboot. He certainly makes a compelling case, and Keke clearly agrees.

The actress shared the following Tweet in response.

We're sure to see plenty of fan-art over the next week or so, but we'll start you off with this concept from @Irose_art.

Of course, Marvel Studios hasn't even begun to cast this elusive X-Men movie yet and is unlikely to do so for quite some time. In fact, a recent rumor claimed that contractual issues are preventing Kevin Feige and co. from introducing new actors as established mutant characters such as Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, etc to The MCU, and they may not be able to move forward with a reboot until 2025.

That remains to be seen, but don't hold your breath for updates on this one until 2023 at the earliest. What do you guys think? Could you see Keke Palmer suiting-up as Rogue? Drop us a comment down below.

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/16/2022, 9:18 AM
That’s some great concept art and she has the energy and charisma to pull Rogue off.
dracula
dracula - 9/16/2022, 9:19 AM
No idea who she is but id give her a shot
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 9/16/2022, 9:29 AM
@dracula - she started in Nope recently and was great in it
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 9/16/2022, 9:29 AM
@dracula - starred not started
MutantEquality
MutantEquality - 9/16/2022, 9:21 AM
Will she have a southern accent?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/16/2022, 9:23 AM
@MutantEquality - She'd have to.
Xmen4theWin
Xmen4theWin - 9/16/2022, 10:00 AM
@RorMachine - just by how anybody can be anybody I wouldn’t be so sure.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 9/16/2022, 1:39 PM
Why would she have to have a southern accent?
MitcHendricks
MitcHendricks - 9/16/2022, 9:23 AM
How about no more racist tokenization.
thewanderer
thewanderer - 9/16/2022, 9:42 AM
@MitcHendricks - what about Rogue requires her to have a certain skin color?
Blastaar
Blastaar - 9/16/2022, 9:56 AM
@thewanderer - Absolutely NOTHING....
Gambit on the other hand YES. He NEEDS to be CAJUN...Not Creole.....And Cajuns are primarily of European decent(French).
Xmen4theWin
Xmen4theWin - 9/16/2022, 10:01 AM
@thewanderer - is it. It ok for movie characters to look like what they are based on?
thewanderer
thewanderer - 9/16/2022, 10:05 AM
@Xmen4theWin - What's important for movies to capture the essence of the character. Some character's have their race and ethnicity tied into their essence of the character. Others do not. Nothing about the essence of the Rogue character requires her to be any specific race other than one that you would commonly find in the state of Mississippi.
Xmen4theWin
Xmen4theWin - 9/16/2022, 10:26 AM
@thewanderer - x-men is race diversified already. That’s so different people can relate to different characters. If you change their race, the people that related to them can no longer relate to them.

So it is important. White, Asian, black, Native American and so on see themselves in different characters and it matters when they change it.
thewanderer
thewanderer - 9/16/2022, 10:40 AM
@Xmen4theWin - Do you really think southern white women are under-represented in movies and tv?
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/16/2022, 11:36 AM
@MitcHendricks - There is plenty of black mutants.

Storm
Bishop
Darwin
M
Prodigy

To name a few off the top of my head,absolutely no need to race swap just put them on the team.
Origame
Origame - 9/16/2022, 11:52 AM
@thewanderer - ...the fact that's how she traditionally looked in the comics. I really don't get why we've abandoned the idea of getting people who look like the character as something optional and not all that important.

There are black x men. How's about casting her as one of those?
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