Over the last year or so, a number of actresses have been linked with the character Neena Thurman, aka Domino. The character will be introduced in the upcoming Deadpool sequel, and then brought back in an X-Force movie. The last we heard, Kerry Washington was the frontrunner for the role, and the actress seemed interested in playing the part.
However, we have a new report from That Hashtag Show, the YouTube channel that broke the story of the Scandal star's involvement. They suggest that 20th Century Fox's top choice for the role has changed. According to their source, Janelle Monae is in consideration for the role of Domino.
Even a year ago, you would have recognized Monae as a six-time Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter. But in 2016, she had major roles in two live-action movies, Hidden Figures and Moonlight. Both films received Best Picture nominations, and the latter bagged the honor at the 89th Academy Awards.
We should note that Janelle Monae hasn't landed the Deadpool 2 and X-Force role yet. But considering her successes in the past year, Ryan Reynolds, David Leitch, and the studio may have found their Domino. Check out the THS video below!
In other news, Simon Kinberg recently sat down with Deadline to talk about Fox's X-Men Universe. He also discussed the Deadpool sequel and the untitled X-Force movie:
We are working hard on New Mutants, Gambit with Channing Tatum, Deadpool 2, and the new X Force movie, where Deadpool is alongside Cable and other main characters. We are taking chances, and those chances are being rewarded commercially and critically. We'll continue to keep taking chances"¦Deadpool 2 is going into production this year. Then X Force – which is a combination of Deadpool, and Cable -they're like the Black ops of the X-Men. They're much darker and have an R-rated decibel. There are other X-Men characters coming into X-Force at different times in the comic, but it's separate from X-Men.
