Samara Weaving Is Marvel's Emma Frost: What This Means for X-Men
Marvel Studios just made one of its most important casting decisions in years, and it has nothing to do with the Avengers. After a search that reportedly stretched all summer, Marvel has found its Emma Frost — and the actress landing the role might surprise you. Today we're breaking down everything we know about this casting announcement, who this actress is, what it means for the future of the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and why insiders say this was one of the hardest roles in the entire project to cast.
According to an exclusive report from Deadline, Samara Weaving has landed the role of Emma Frost in Marvel Studios' upcoming X-Men film. The trade reports that director Jake Schreier and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige met with a number of candidates throughout the summer before settling on Weaving earlier this week. Marvel itself has not officially commented on the casting, which is standard practice for the studio until it's ready to make a formal announcement, but multiple entertainment outlets have now corroborated the report.
What makes this particularly interesting is the timing. Just days earlier, Marvel Studios notably left X-Men out of its San Diego Comic-Con presentation in Hall H, leading many fans to assume news on the project was still far off. Instead, it turns out the casting process had already been quietly underway behind the scenes, and Emma Frost was reportedly one of the most competitive roles in the entire search.
Sources say Schreier and Marvel executives spent the entire summer meeting with and auditioning actors for multiple roles in the new mutant lineup, but the hunt for Emma Frost was described as especially exhaustive. The finalists reportedly tested for the role right after the Fourth of July, and in the end, insiders say Weaving's audition was, in their words, too hard to beat. Read More
