News > Rumor: Bailey Chase Up for the Role of Gambit?

Written by David Morgan

A number of people out there on the internet seem to be under the impression that former Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Bailey Chase may be playing "the Ragin' Cajun" himself in the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. New Zealand's Sunday Star Times is the source on this story as they recently had a phone conversation with Chase and got the following:

He is also in negotiations for a part in the Hugh Jackman movie Wolverine, which will be filmed in New Zealand.

"It's very confidential and top-secret. I think they're casting under alias names but for now, he's called Mr Yellow.

"He's about 30 years old, a charming southern guy on the surface but he's got some ulterior motives going on underneath. By the end of the film, he's probably not going to be such a nice guy."

Naturally, people want to believe this means that the mysterious X-Man known as Gambit will finally appear in theaters after being conspicuously absent from the X-Men trilogy that ended last year. It's true that the age and dubious morals match up with the character, but if the people casting Wolverine were going to code-name anyone Mr. Yellow, one would think it would be either Sabretooth or Maverick (though Maverick is German). What's more, this is supposed to be an origins story of Wolverine and last I checked (some time ago, admittedly) Gambit didn't have an awful lot to do with the Weapon X program or the subsequent drama that went on between Logan and his fellow super-powered operatives. For one thing, the Weapon X people are mostly old enough to be Gambit's grandparents.

On top of all of this, Chase may or may not get this part that he may or may not fully understand. "Grain of salt" would be an understatement.