3 Actresses Up for the Role of Bella Donna Boudreaux in GAMBIT
With Channing Tatum officially locked in to star in Gambit, the hunt is on for the female lead! Rupert Wyatt and the studio are currently looking to cast an actress in the role of Bella Donna Boudreaux, aka Bella, and they have three actresses who are testing for the part next week. Those actresses are Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Lea Seydoux (Spectre).
Bella Donna Boudreaux was created by Jim Lee and Scott Lobdell and she first appeared in 1992’s X-Men Vol. 2 #8. Here's a little background information on the character, thanks to Marvel:
Daughter of the leader of the New Orleans Assassins’ Guild, Bella Donna Boudreaux was born while the Guild was involved in an ages-old conflict with the similarly-structured Thieves’ Guild. Bella first met Remy LeBeau when they were children. Although she and LeBeau came from very different backgrounds, they nevertheless became fast friends. After LeBeau was accepted into the Thieves’ Guild, Bella’s friendship with him was seen as a chance for an alliance between the Guilds, and the two were betrothed by their respective parents. Immediately after the wedding, Bella’s brother Julien refused accept their marriage and challenged LeBeau to a duel. LeBeau won, and as punishment for killing an Assassin he was excommunicated from the Thieves’ Guild and exiled from New Orleans.
It makes sense that she would be included in the movie. As for the actresses who are up for the part, I like Seydoux. But I wouldn't complain if it went to either of the other actresses. Furguson was great in Rogue Nation, and I liked Lee's crazy character in Fury Road.
The script for Gambit was written by Josh Zemuter and is based on a treatment by Chris Claremont. I really hope to hell that Fox does a better job with this than they did with Fantastic Four!
The movie is scheduled to start shooting in October for an October 7th, 2016 release date.
Source: Deadline