The cast list for X-Men: First Class keeps on growing, we’ve had Jason Flemyng and Rose Byrne jump on board in the last 36 hours and now the name of Oliver Platt has been added to Matthew Vaughn’s film.
Deadline named Platt and offered up The Man in Black as his character, stating only that he’s not a mutant, and not a lot else. There’s no obvious comic book equivalent so speculation is rife about what role Platt will be taking in the story – will he line up alongside Kevin Bacon’s villain?
Platt is always interesting whatever he’s in, and I can’t wait for the finalised cast to line up in front of the press as it’ll be a strange and eclectic mix.
Here’s the entire casting saga so far, three weeks until shooting begins which means there could be another twenty or so names announced before then.
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