Dafne Keen Would Pay Marvel to Be Able to Keep Playing X-23
Seeing Dafne Keen back in the role of Laura Kinney/X-23 in Deadpool & Wolverine was pretty damn cool. Ever since she appeared in Logan, I wanted to see her story continue!
Keen was badass in that role and its a shame that it’s taken so long to see her reprise her role. While it was awesome to see her again, she played such a small role in Deadpool & Wolverine, and it would be great to see her character explored further.
We have no idea if Marvel has any future plans for her, but during a recent interview with CB, the actress said that she wants to continue to play the character so bad that she is willing to pay Marvel to do it.
Keen said: "I would love to come back. I would pay them to come back. Playing Laura has been the biggest honor of my life.
“To me we've only scratched the surface with her since she's such a complex character. She's so cool, just from a fan's standpoint."
A lot of fans would agree with her. We just don’t know if we’ll ever see her again. I mean, Marvel did make sure to include her at the end of Deadpool & Wolverine, so the door for her return was certainly left open.
I just hope that Marvel takes the opportunity to tell more of her story.
There was a X-23 movie planned at one point when Fox still owned the rights and Logan director James Mangold was working on a story, but nothing ever happened with it. The film was scrapped after Disney took over.
X-23 creator Craig Kyle previously shared his thoughts on where the story should go saying: "We know the kids were created and tested. I'd love to see some of the stories that we told [in the comics], see as much as we can of how she came to be, but then really get into the stories of what she was forced to do and commit.
“She said she killed people. She said bad people. The bulk of who X-23 and Laura killed in the comic books were bad people, but she did kill some children. She did kill a whole press corps.
“I think there's something powerful about watching her go through those horrors without any say and without any ability to not take those actions.
"A story I always wanted to tell was, once she's free and once she's gone through what she's gone through, the only way she can have a hope for a future is for her to go back and trace the lives that remained and were harmed by the actions she was forced to commit.
“You put her on this journey of redemption. She faces the families that lost fathers. The orphans, everyone that was touched by her horrific acts. And she can go through them one by one and face everyone affected by the murders she was forced to commit, if she can get to the end of that road without being killed by those that remain, there's something on the other side of that. I think it would truly be transformative for the character."
Do you want Marvel to bring back X-23? Do you think that they will?