Sigourney Weaver Almost Played Emma Frost in Brett Ratner's X-MEN: THE LAST STAND

Here’s a wild bit of movie trivia that I didn’t know about until recently. Director Brett Ratner wanted to cast Sigourney Weaver in the role of Emma Frost in the third X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand.

This bit of interesting information came from screenwriter Dan Harris during an interview back in 2004, before GeekTyrant even existed. Harris explained:

"We were going to do 'X-Men 3' for a little while and our big secret or coup was — and it's not going to happen so it's OK — we wanted to have a character that was Emma Frost, a famous 'X-Men' character. She's called the White Queen. We were going to ask Sigourney [Weaver] to be it. She was an empath in our version of the movie, which means she could control people's emotions."

Weaver is a great actress and the fans love her, but casting her in the role of Emma Frost would’ve been a very interesting and unexpected choice. I imagine that the direction they were looking to take the character would’ve been a big departure from the comics, which a lot of comic book movies do anyway. But, seeing Weaver’s portrayal of Emma Frost would’ve been fascinating. I’m sure she would have done something great with her.

Obviously, the creative team changed directions and Emma Frost wasn’t even introduced in The Last Stand. What do you think about Weaver taking on the role of Emma Frost?

Via: /Film