With Channing Tatum signed on to play Gambit, three names surface for the female lead role of Belladonna Boudreaux, aka Bella Donna.
According to Deadline, Rebecca Ferguson, Lea Seydoux and Abbey Lee are up for the role.
In the comics, Bella Donna is the long time love interest of Gambit and daughter to the leader of the Assassin’s Guild, the rivals to Gambit’s Thieve’s Guild.
Rebecca Ferguson is known for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Hercules; Lea Seydoux is featured in the upcoming James Bond Spectre film, and Abbey Lee starred in the recent Mad Max: Fury Road.
Gambit has an October 7, 2016 release directed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes‘ Ruper Wyatt.
