The X-Men have always held a special place in my little geek heart as I attribute the old Fox cartoon as being one of the major reasons I first got into superheroes and comics as a kid. Back in the days of the old cartoon, my favorite character was always Gambit. I’ve always felt that he got a raw deal in the comics. Its the strangest thing. Despite his huge fan following, writers and editors have always seemed to hate him, thus he’s yet to appear in any of the movies so far. (Lost star Josh ‘Sawyer’ Holloway was rumored to be in the running to play him in the third movie, though the Gambit scene was supposedly cut just before casting.) I always assumed it was because Gambit violated the first commandment of X-Men/Marvel Comics: Wolverine is thy God and ye shall have no other God before him.
With that in mind, I’m finding it quite amusing that Gambit is FINALLY making his big screen debut in the upcoming Wolverine movie. According to Superhero Hype!, he will be played by Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch. I’ve never seen FNL, so I can’t say how he is as an actor, but he certainly has the look down.
My interest in this movie has just shot way up.
