Ever since audiences saw Lang as Col. Miles Quaritch in James Cameron’s Avatar, the internet was full of people fan casting him as Cable, the mutant freedom fighter/soldier from the X-Men universe. He looks the part, and plays those type of characters with ease. Well, turns out he knows all about it! While at NYCC, Screenrant's Kofi Outlaw caught up with Lang and mentioned the idea of playing the character to him.
From Screenrant..
To my surprise, Lang not only knew who Cable was – he’s already formed opinion about playing him. Comic book fans hold on to your hats:
“One of boys mentioned to me – he says, ‘Hey pops, they’re talking about you for Cable,’ and I said ‘Who would that be?’ and so he Googled him for me and I saw him and I thought ‘Oh wow, he’s cool.’
When asked directly if he’d be interested in the role:
“Yes, I’m there. [Laughter] Sure, why not. I’d be happy to. You read it all, everything that comes across. And if it makes sense, if it’s a cool character, if it’s a theme you want to explore…sure.”
Obviously this is not confirmation of anything. Its not even known if Fox(who currently hold the rights to The X-Men characters) have any plans to bring Cable to the screen any time soon. Still, its good that lang is getting the word out. If the Fox execs have any sense, they will take notice! We will see Lang next as the villain in the upcoming
Conan movie.
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