January Jones to play Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class

by Liam Goodwin on August 18, 2010 · 2 comments

January Jones xmenDespite reports that British actress Alice Eve had landed the role of Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class no deal was actually signed, and Deadline now has news that Mad Men actress January Jones will suit up as the telepath.

For those unfamiliar with Emma she is a mutant with powers of telepathy, similar to that of Xavier. She can broadcast and receive thoughts, control minds, alter perceptions and memories etc. In the comics she is known for being a bit of a b*tch (being dubbed the White Queen) and she started off as an enemy to the X-Men, but she later joined them.

Deadline also has more casting news:

At the same time, director Matthew Vaughn has set Zoe Kravitz to play Angel, Jason Flemyng will play Azazel, the father of Nightcrawler; Bill Milner to play the young version of Magneto (Michael Fassbender), and Morgan Lily to play the Young Raven.

The casting of Zoe Kravitz as Angel is an interesting one. If a young black actress were to be cast the role would most likely be for Storm (played by Halle Berry in the trilogy). Given that we already have an Angel in the X-Men movies ‘Angel’ could just be a casting codename for Storm, just like ‘Willow’ (a random shape-shifting character) was used when casting Mystique.

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If Zoe Kravitz is playing Angel then it will probably be Angel Salvadore aka Tempest who originally had wings and laid eggs, but later gains powers of fire and ice. The character has no connect to the founding of the X-Men so if I were a betting man i’d say Kravitz is Storm.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Robert-Riordan/699074967 Jack Robert Riordan

    That would actually be rather peculiar if they used “Angel” as a codename for “Storm” as Angel was one of the founding X-Men….and also a male at that.

  • terry

    Liam have u figured out Matthew Vaughn has done something very smart his trying to combine these characters. in the original X-Men First Class it had Angel (Warren Kenneth Worthington III) and Iceman. what i notice about this casting is Angel Salvadore known as Angel is a replacement of the original Angel in X-Men First Class comic book. Angel Salvadore u have pointed out has gained new powers fire, ice and wind/flight. the ice can hint Iceman since he wont be in the movie cause we already seen him in the other X-Men movies also Angel Salvadore new codename is Tempest. Tempest also mean a violent “Storm”. so Zoe Kravitz could end up playing Storm.

    another thing Zoe Kravitz dated or maybe still dating Ben Foster who played Angel in X-Men The Last Stand. Oh Matthew Vaughn is playing with us LOL