phoenixastraea | Also X-Men Related: Gambit Casting!!

Ok, so good ol' Superherohype.com put this lil gem of information online: 'Lost' star Josh Holloway was up for the role of Gambit. Had they actually had the time/space/cajones to put Gambit in there (which they HAD hinted at by showing his name on a computer screen in X2), this is what he might have looked like:

Not too bad, I say. Photoshop some red eyes onto that beeotch (a task for another night, I feel) and by jove, that ain't bad. Kinda reminds me of Viggo, actually (who, IMHO, wouldn't be such a bad Ragin' Cajun himself).

Thoughts? I say that this one is a tough one to cast. You have to have equal parts nonchalance, badassity, grace, and southern style. Gambits not a pussy like Scott but he's not feral like Wolvie: kinda like a civilized, too-husky-to-really-be-metrosexual-but-riding-the-ragged-edge-of-disaster-type. I think this dude fits the bill.

P.S. Ignore the breasteses in the pic. I'm sure they wouldnt look like that with his posh overcoat on...