Banshee To Be Introduced In Upcoming X-Men: First Class Film
Caleb Landry Jones will play Banshee in 20th Century Fox's origins pic "X-Men: First Class," marking the first time the mutant has been introduced to the bigscreen franchise.
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who operates as a member of the X-Men.
An Irish mutant, Banshee possesses a "sonic scream," capable of harming enemies’ auditory systems and causing physical vibrations. He is named after the banshee, a legendary ghost from Irish mythology, said to possess a powerful cry, although the banshee spirit is invariably female.
A former Interpol agent and NYPD officer, Banshee was always a decade older than most of the X-Men and had only a relatively short tenure as a full-time X-Man. He was, however, a mentor of the 1990s-era junior team Generation X.
And in a second key casting, Nicholas Hoult will play Beast.
James MacAvoy and Michael Fassbender topline "First Class," directed by Matthew Vaughn.
Conceived by Bryan Singer and written by Jane Goldman, "First Class" introduces Charles Xavier (MacAvoy) and Erik Lensherr (Fassbender) as young men, when discovering their powers for the first time and before taking the names Professor X and Magneto, respectively.
Jones stars in David Fincher's upcoming "The Social Network," from Sony, and Eli Roth's "The Last Exorcism," from Lionsgate. Previous credits include "No Country for Old Men" and CBS pilot "Gimme Shelter," from producer John Wells.
Hoult, who starred in Tom Ford's "A Single Man" and was named one of Variety's "Actors to Watch," also is set to star in Warner Bros.' "Mad Max: Fury Road." Previous credits also include "About a Boy," opposite Hugh Grant.
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