‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Casts Lana Condor As Jubilee
As if the cast ofX-Men: Apocalypseweren’t big enough already, one more fan favorite will be on hand to throw some sparks. DirectorBryan Singerannounced today thatLana Condorhas signed on in the role of Jubliation Lee, a.k.a. Jubilee. More on theX-Men ApocalypseJubilee casting after the jump.
Singer shared the happy news onInstagram.
I’d officially like to welcome our newest mutant #JubilationLee, #Jubilee @LanaCondor to #XMEN #Apocalypse
A photo posted by Bryan Singer (@bryanjaysinger) onMar 25, 2015 at 11:57am PDT
Several of the new X-Men cast members are what you might call “up-and-comers,” as opposed to established A-list stars. But Condor is the up-and-comer-iest of them all. She has literally no IMDb credits to her name. Which is neither here nor there — everyone needs to start somewhere, and Condor was just lucky enough to land such a high-profile pic as her debut — but makes it hard to guess if she’s a good fit.
The character of Jubilee appeared in all three of the original trilogy films. She was played byKatrina Florencein the firstX-Men, and then byKea WonginX2andX-Men: First Class. She was never a major character in the film series, however, so Condor should have plenty of room to make Jubilee her own.
Oddly, Jubilee was portrayed as being roughly the same age as Rogue, Iceman, and Pyro in the earlier films, but Condor’s casting suggests the character will now be a contemporary of Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm, and Nightcrawler. Then again,X-Men: Days of Future Pastwiped the whole timeline clean and essentially rendered all of those original trilogy films null and void, so I guess they can do whatever they want inApocalypse.
X-Men: Apocalypsefeatures the returns ofJames McAvoy,Michael Fassbender,Jennifer Lawrence,Nicholas Hoult,Rose Byrne, andEvan Peters. Joining for the first time in this installment areSophie Turneras Jean Grey,Tye Sheridanas Cyclops,Alexandra Shippas Storm,Kodi Smit-McPheeas Nightcrawler, andBen Hardyas who-the-hell-knows.Oscar Isaacwill play the big bad villain, Apocalypse.
