The Mirror's celebrity and entertainment columnist, Dean Piper, is reporting that an insider has told him that the 28 year old Girls Aloud singer and more recently actress (St. Trinians, Bad Day) Sarah Harding is competing for a role in the upcoming X-Men: First Class.
The site reports that Harding has auditioned twice for the mystery role that he describes as ,"...a femme fatale baddie." His source also went on to say that, "The makers of the films like her attitude and think she could be a great addition to the cast."
"They were very impressed with her in the second St Trinians movie and are testing her out to see if she can make the grade for an action flick like X-Men. Everybody's keeping their fingers crossed she gets it."
Of course, we've seen these sorts of reports in the past (remember Eddie Murphy apparently being locked in to play The Riddler?.) From what I've read, Piper does have a pretty good record when it comes to these scoops. It's also worth noting that director Matthew Vaughn has already cast a fair few British actors, so it doesn't seem all that unlikely he'd add another to the growing cast of mutants.
The biggest question is, what character could she be in the running for? Share your thoughts in the usual place!