Oliver Platt Joins X-Men: First Class, But Not As A Mutant

Oliver Platt Joins X-Men: First Class, But Not As A Mutant

Add Oliver Platt to the cast of 20th Century Fox's mutant flick X-Men: First Class. But hes playing a role that isn't a mutant. Check it Out!

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By DCMarvelFreshman - Aug 16, 2010 10:08 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
Source: Deadline



With filming set to begin in London next month, Matthew Vaughn's prequel/spinoff X-Men: First Class is still in it's late casting stage. And now according Deadline, Oliver Platt is set to star in the First Class, playing a role called The Man in Black, who is not a mutant.

Obviously there isn't any known background info on the role, but Oliver Platt is best known for his roles in The Three Musketeers, A Time to Kill, Huff, Frost/Nixon and in Roland Emmerich's world-ending thriller 2012.
And Platt currently stars with Laura Linney in the new Showtime series The Big C, and next stars opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway in the Ed Zwick-directed Love and Other Drugs.

Platt joins a growing ensemble including James McAvoy (Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Alice Eve (Emma Frost), Nicholas Hoult (Beast),Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee), Lucas Till (Havok), and Kevin Bacon (Surprise villain), Edi Gathegi(Darwin), Jason Flemyng (Azazel), and recently added Rose Byrne (Dr. Moira MacTaggert).

And First Class hits theaters June 3, next year!
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Denn1s
Denn1s - 8/16/2010, 10:38 AM
cool. he is great. but who will he play?
P862010
P862010 - 8/16/2010, 10:39 AM
sounds like a code name to throw us off because the only man in black i know is in Stephen King's dark tower
P862010
P862010 - 8/16/2010, 10:40 AM
he could play Harry Lelend from hellfire club
Upupandaway
Upupandaway - 8/16/2010, 10:52 AM
X-men: First Class a cast of thousands.

Chorus Line Pictures, Images and Photos

BTW, Platt is an excellent actor.
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 8/16/2010, 10:53 AM
instant credibility bump!
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 8/16/2010, 10:59 AM
He's playing Johnny Cash?
canadianturd
canadianturd - 8/16/2010, 11:00 AM
When I saw him cast in the movie, I immediately thought Leland as well. C'mon Hellfire Club!
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 8/16/2010, 11:14 AM
The man in black? Is he playing Johnny Cash?
StrangerX
StrangerX - 8/16/2010, 11:17 AM
So what's the deal here are Scott and Jean in the movie
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 8/16/2010, 11:31 AM
Who says this is a prequel/spinoff?
P862010
P862010 - 8/16/2010, 11:34 AM
Friedrich Von Roehm aka Black Rook

http://j.imagehost.org/0021/BR.jpg
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 8/16/2010, 11:38 AM
Bloody hell, I think it would be better to post articles about who isnt in this movie, I think the cast will soon involve every actor in Hollywood lol

@THEHAWK
Well its either gonna be Johnny Cash or its gonna be a crossover with Lost now and involve the bloody Smoke Monster in human form. I guess thats who is going to be the villain then lol

@Erickz
No, go away right now lol

Thank you teabag for the counterattack of boobs lol

@Ryguy
Matthew Vaughn comfirmed it is a prequel to the original trilogy in an interview

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/08/03/x-men-first-class-mutants-continuity

Wait until Marvel gets the rights back for a proper reboot
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/16/2010, 11:40 AM
what the f*ck are fox doing,its like they've hired the creative team behind the superman abortion aka smallville.

professor x (yes)
magneto(yes)
beast(yes)
dr.moria mactaggert(maybe)
emma frost(no,but the perverted side of me yes.)
mystique(no,but if she blue & naked like in the x-men trilogy maybe yes.)
havok(no,save him for x-men 4)
banshee(no,save for the second class)
darwin(no)
azazel(no)
surprise villain(i'm dreading this one.)

no sign of cyclops,jean grey,angel & iceman.

oh dear.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 8/16/2010, 11:45 AM
Vincent D´Onofrio as Harry Leland!:) Platt is Von Roehm!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 8/16/2010, 11:47 AM
Interesting casting addition. I cant think of a single character he' be well suite for to be honest, but as they add yet another character to this movie who isnt one of the original X-Men, it's looking more and more like one big mess IMO. :P
Rolanddeschain19
Rolanddeschain19 - 8/16/2010, 12:18 PM
THE MAN IN BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
juggy4711
juggy4711 - 8/16/2010, 12:28 PM
I want to have hope for this flic but so far it just seems like it is going to cluster frick.
Rolanddeschain19
Rolanddeschain19 - 8/16/2010, 12:35 PM
THE MAN IN BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rolanddeschain19
Rolanddeschain19 - 8/16/2010, 12:39 PM
THE MAN IN BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CallMeSnake
CallMeSnake - 8/16/2010, 12:46 PM
Whats their budget? Cause they are signing a hell of a lot of people...
Azrael83
Azrael83 - 8/16/2010, 12:55 PM
@Erickz Is that Ivan Drago? lol
Azrael83
Azrael83 - 8/16/2010, 12:56 PM
yea but with way better tits!
ROMACK
ROMACK - 8/16/2010, 1:09 PM
Platt is awesome, but this movie is getting ridiculous and so far away from the source material that they should just change the title. Something like....
"X-Men:The Reboot"
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/16/2010, 1:21 PM
@ romack
the way this film is going,the rights will most definetly be back in the hands of marvel.

very soon.

all we can hope for now,is that this is just gonna be a decent x-men movie,like x-men 2 & x-men.
martinp
martinp - 8/16/2010, 1:33 PM
Fred Duncan? He worked with Professor X became the team's FBI liaison
moviemaker
moviemaker - 8/16/2010, 1:38 PM
Does anyone else feel that Fox is just trying to get a sh*t ton of decent to well known actors, so that they can cover their ass when this movie bombs? Future Fox quote "We had an All Star cast, we don't know what happened."
martinp
martinp - 8/16/2010, 1:56 PM
yea thats what i just mention in my above post
LucasMend
LucasMend - 8/16/2010, 2:34 PM
Well he is a good actor, then np having him on the movie
Luigi
Luigi - 8/16/2010, 2:36 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing if I'll be looking forward to this.
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