This just in! Despite the fact that the famous and/or all around-adored likes of Mel Gibson, Kiera Knightley, Kyle Chandler, Pierce Brosnan, Dolph Lundgren, Russell Crowe, Stephen Lang, David Harbour, and now Michael Shannon have been or still are frontrunners for the role of Cable, there’s yet another new name atop Fox‘s wishlist. Who does the the X-Men loving studio want playing the gruff, buff time-traveling mutant soldier in Deadpool 2? Now, it’s not Alec Baldwin! By god, it’s actually none other than Daniel Baldwin! Talk about a wild card late entry!
No, I’m not talking about the star of John Carpenter’s Vampires. I’m actually talking about myself. That’s right, Fox contacted me this morning. Now there’s a good chance they are just touting me as a hotshot newcomer on the seen to get Brosnan, Crowe, and/or Shannon to lower their asking fees, but you never know! I might actually have a shot at this. Sure, it’ll take months of fitness routines and fight training to get myself ready. Still, to paraphrase Treat Williams in Deep Rising, if the cash is there, I do not care!
All kidding aside, yes folks, we have yet another name added to an already long list of past, present, and potential future Cable casting. According to , one-time Man of Steel star and Jonah Hex cameo-er Michael Shannon is being eyed for the part. Will he get it? Maybe. Maybe not. Hell, I’ll probably be running yet another name as the “frontrunner” by this time next week, unless Fox actually gets around to casting the role.
Deadpool 2 will arrive in theaters sometime in 2018. Probably during the summer, with some dude playing Cable. Perhaps that dude could be you! Or your father. After all, Cable tends to rock an aging head of hair.
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