According to the site Bacon has officially signed on to join the growing cast of Mathew Vaughn's X-Men First Class prequel.
They say..
Bacon will play a villain, but his exact character is being kept under tight wraps. Some fanboy websites(that would be us!) have suggested that he will play Mr Sinister, Fox have declined comment.
Personally, I doubt he will be Sinister. That character just carries far too much exposition for Vaughan to think about ingratiating him into this prequel. But I can't for the life of me think who he could be either. Either way, I would say even the Fox haters have to admit that at the very least Vaughn is gathering together a very impressive cast for this. For Bacon's villain cred look no further than his menacing turns in
Sleepers,
The River Wild, and
The Woodsman among others.
Bacon joins James McAvoy (Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Alice Eve (Emma Frost), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), and Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee).
Rumored but yet to be confirmed are Rosamund Pike as Moira McTaggert, Lucas Till as Havoc, and Aaron Johnson as Cyclops.
Shooting is set to begin next month, and the target release date of June 3, 2011. So expect a full confirmed cast list to hit very soon.
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