Gambit has had many loves in the pages of the X-Men comics, most notably the Southern belle, Rogue. But a guy never forgets his first, and when Channing Tatum takes the role of the mutant thief in the Gambit film next year, it looks like his first love will be played by Blue is the Warmest Color and Spectre's Lea Seydoux.
Seydoux had been on the short list for the role of Bella Donna Boudreaux, along with Mad Max: Fury Road's Abbey Lee and Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation breakout, Rebecca Ferguson. The list got shorter when Ferguson took her name out of the running to star opposite Emily Blunt in The Girl on the Train, and now Deadline reports an offer has been made to Seydoux which she is expected to accept.The role of Bella Donna is an interesting one, as her relationship with Remy "Gambit" Lebeau has a Romeo & Juliet quality to it. They were young lovers on opposing sides in the war between New Orleans Assassins Guild and Thieves Guild. Eventually they were married to bring the two sides together, but when her jealous brother attacked Gambit he was killed in the melee, forcing Gambit into exile. Bella Donna gained mutant psychic powers of her own and took over leadership of the Assassins.
Directed by Rupert Wyatt, Gambit is expected to open on October 7th 2016.
