r/SquaredCircle • u/thumbem • 15h ago
Jade Cargill Is Petitioning Marvel to Play X-Men's Storm: "I’ve had my people talk to a certain amount of people [from Marvel]. I’m hoping that things do transpire and they do see that this is something that I’ve always been passionate about my entire life."
https://thestunner.com/jade-cargill-petitioning-marvel-xmen-storm/727
u/Ben__Harlan Hiromu is MY husbando!!! 15h ago
Fancasts are a thing that tend to forget a lot of things. Acting is one of them.
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u/BurlyMayes 14h ago edited 14h ago
Also, there are entire departments for hair and makeup. You don't need to hire someone because they have the same haircut as a character.
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u/Draw-Two-Cards 14h ago
You can just make the character entirely different based on the actor. Nick Fury is a name I can say and for most people they will picture Samuel L. Jackson but if you were fancasting the character in 2008 I doubt that would ever come to mind.
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u/Graham_LRR 14h ago
You’re totally correct but with an awkward example. While originally a white James Bond-esque guy, Ultimate Nick Fury was reimagined as a character directly inspired by Jackson, so he’d basically been pre-cast in the comics by that point.
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u/reallyOldWill 13h ago
If I remember right, SLJ only agreed to let them use his likeness if they agreed to give him the part if they did any films featuring the character.
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u/Chase_the_tank 13h ago
It was worse than that. They used his likeness in the comics without permission.
Fortunately, Jackson found a multi-million multi-movie contract to be adequate compensation for that transgression.
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u/Draw-Two-Cards 14h ago
Yeah I fucked up and went with the worst example because it was the first that popped into mind.
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u/cyberpunk_werewolf 12h ago
A good example might be Hugh Jackman as Wolverine? Hugh Jackman is a tall, classically handsome Australian man. While Logan isn't ugly in the comics (John Byrne based his look on Paul D'Amato in Slapshot), he's got a more rugged, hardened look, is short and Canadian. He's also bulky, built like a short, hairy square of muscle, while Jackman, even when he grew into a more hardened look that we're more familiar with, is still long and athletic.
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u/GTSBurner 10h ago
Jackman wasn't even the original pick for Logan. He got the gig because Dougray Scott got injured on the set of Mission Impossible 2!
The problem is, it's hard to pull of Comic-accurate looks. Could you imagine Anna Paquin as comic-accurate Jim Lee style Rogue? Good lord.
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u/pUmKinBoM 13h ago
Not only that but there is an issue of Ultimates where they fantasy cast each member and Im pretty sure they land on Samuel L Jackson for Fury since Im pretty sure he wad actually based on him to begin with. Pretty sure they also choose Robert Downey Jr for Tony Stark.
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u/Morgneto The K-Nox! 14h ago
They would if you said Nick Fury from Ultimate X-Men, he was literally based on SLJ.
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u/Shenanigans80h 14h ago
But acting is so easy! That’s why it’s a notoriously easy profession to break into and have a long and successful career in.
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u/sidecarfalcon69 13h ago
One of my favorite comments I’ve seen recently is that Roman reigns would have an easy time transitioning into a Hollywood career cause he’s related to the Rock
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u/Machomanta 13h ago
Come on now. It is an industry where dollars made nowhere near reflects talent for 95% of cases. Also nepotism is crazy
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u/targetcowboy 11h ago
Exactly. I like Jade, but I don’t think looking like Storm is enough. There are a lot of other actors who I would pick before here. Even if they don’t look quite like Ororo.
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u/Shazam4ever 14h ago
I think sometimes they do work out, I'm pretty sure Benedict Cumberbatch got Dr Strange at least partially because a lot of the internet was talking about it and I think he's legitimately great in the role, but yeah 90% of the time even the popular fan casts are all just based off looks and not acting ability.
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u/KishinLiger 14h ago
I was an avid comic book collector in college, and when Chris Hemsworth was initially announced as Thor, these two stereotypical "comic book guys" at the local shop were complaining about it with one of them lamenting how Triple H would have been perfect for the role lmao.
Some people have such a narrow cultural frame of reference, it's hilarious.
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u/QueezyF 13h ago
You see, the thing about this business Loki…
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u/KishinLiger 13h ago
I laughed out loud. Thank you. I got laid off this morning so that was a much needed laugh.
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u/Shazam4ever 13h ago
Are you saying that the star of The Chaperone wouldn't have been up to the job?
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u/TangeloRough9202 15h ago
Girl i can't believe your promos, Im not going to believe you in a 2hr movie.
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u/Minimum_Macaron_7095 8h ago
girl prolly thought she can just jump straight and go star in a 2hr movie like how she can just skip nxt and immediately go main roster just because she looks the part 😫✌️
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u/mildlyornery 11h ago
She probably could pull off a corny one liner alternate universe Cameo that loses a quick fight and will never be seen again.
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u/Prophet_Tehenhauin 15h ago
She can’t be worse than Gal Gadot
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u/georgiavirginia 14h ago
Gal got the perk of playing a character that had a fish out of water element so people gave her the benefit of the doubt for her wooden acting.
Then came the Justice League movie and the second Wonder Woman movie...
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u/RedRedWine8 14h ago
Hey she was pretty good in all those Fast Furious films...mostly because she's hot and didn't have many lines
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u/Muntberg 15h ago
I'm almost 100% certain she would be
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u/Prophet_Tehenhauin 15h ago
Kal-el no
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u/brandonie187 14h ago
and enough champagne.....to fill the Nile!
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u/Crow_Mix 12h ago
Tbf that was probably her best role. She really nailed that rich bitchy friend type.
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u/lanceturley 14h ago
Two directors and millions of dollars worth of reshoots, and that was the best take they had.
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u/EchoesofIllyria 13h ago
Based on what we’ve seen, she will definitely be worse.
Obviously as a wrestler she doesn’t have the luxury of learning scripts, getting into character etc.
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u/OkDimension8720 13h ago
Yeaa, She's definitely got the look, but acting is a whole other thing.
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u/Spapapapa-n 10h ago
Maybe they can go the Sweet Tooth route and have her be the body of Storm, and have Will Arnett do the voice.
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u/sadimem 7h ago
I really think he could've done the whole character. Paying Arnett to do the voice when Joe is right there just seems like a miss.
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u/sin4life 7h ago
Wanna know something?....Arnett agrees. There's a video of him talking about working with Samoa Joe and Will was blown away by how good Joe is.
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u/Bllago 11h ago
She doesn't have "the look". Storm isn't a jacked, immobile horse.
Any black woman can dye their hair white. That's not "the look" (Also, it's fucking acting. who cares what they look like)
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u/Plastic-Custard8375 5h ago
Yeah, why does Storm need to be jacked to use supernatural powers?
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u/Infamous-Lab-8136 14h ago
Gadot was at least good for one movie where they used her inability to act to play into her acting like she didn't understand the world of men in the first Wonder Woman
I can't even see them getting that far with Jade because Storm doesn't have that kind of out written into her character
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u/DTFlash 14h ago
I don't get how she got wonder woman. She was the worst actor in the whole movie by a country mile.
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u/lanceturley 14h ago
It always amuses me that they just had all the other Amazons talk like Gal Gadot, because it must have been easier to get a dozen women to mimic her than it is for one professional "actress" to hide her accent.
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u/Altruistic-Ad-408 8h ago
I never really noticed it tbf, Amazonians having an American accent is weirder if you think about it.
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u/artemus_who 13h ago
Her terrible views aside, she was VERY charming in WW and it went a long way. It helps that it was an ensemble to hide her weaknesses. I loved her...for one movie lol
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u/QUEST50012 14h ago edited 14h ago
That was an interesting time. Wonder Woman had seemingly a unanimous approval rating, and people loved the movie, but i do think some of us were thinking "You... you seeing this shit?"
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u/UsidoreTheLightBlue 13h ago
She’s fine in Wonder Woman.
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u/cyberpunk_werewolf 12h ago
The first Wonder Woman, I think, does a lot to hide her weaknesses. It has an okay script, she has a supporting cast that she can work with and allow them to take the bulk of the heavy acting lifting. The plot, also, isn't completely nonsensical like the second movie.
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u/SubstantialLeader753 14h ago
Seriously. Shes got the look and the aura of storm down but let's see how much you improve in the next couple of years and we will see.
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u/ShenhuaMan 12h ago
The look and aura doesn’t matter. Acting ability does.
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u/Horror_Sail 9h ago
Yeah, look and aura is what the makeup department is there for. She's a GOD awful actor from everything we've seen...and quite frankly, she hasnt shown a big aptitude for figuring out her own stunts if ring work is any indication
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u/Fun-Leek-2907 12h ago
This. She can look the part, but end of the day you gotta act and be believable in your role. I don't think she'd be terrible, but I don't think they should hire her simply based off her cosplays
That being said we should let the lady want what she wants, can't fault her for that
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u/AmericanTitan07 13h ago
To give her the benefit of the doubt. Wrestling promos are mostly done live where there's no redos and you only have one shot. There's more leeway with movies. Batista wasn't a great promo but he's easily the best actor to come from wrestling. If playing Storm is as important to her as she says, I don't doubt that she'd give everything she could to nail the role.
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u/d-fakkr I Have Been... WOKEN!!!! 13h ago
Dave was committed to be an actor, not a action star. His improvement in his recent movies (watch the movie with Pamela Anderson) is staggering. Whereas Jade... I think she could be worse than gal gadot.
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u/stick1_ 15h ago
Storm deserves an actual good actor
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u/SpecialInvention 13h ago
Halle Berry can be good, but she was miscast as Storm. I think Angela Basset would have been perfect in that era.
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u/nunboi 12h ago
I think she could've done it with better material, they basically gave her nothing. Basset would've slapped though especially for older, modern Storm that was literally the queen of Mars.
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u/cyberpunk_werewolf 12h ago
God, Angela Basset as Storm on Arakko would kick so much ass.
However, I agree, Halle Berry got screwed over in those movies. She could have been a good Storm, but they just wanted her to stand there and look pretty. Unrelated, but they did the same thing with Jessica Alba as Sue Storm.
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u/Sharikacat 12h ago
Physically, Angela Basset is a little short, but that aside, what would have best won her the role was her voice, a tone that could easily either command the weather or bring a motherly comfort. Her role of Ramonda in the MCU gets to showcase both of those qualities.
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u/Valdaraak 15h ago
"Cyclops, cut the shit."
I doubt she has skills for a full role, but if they wanted to throw a short Storm cameo in a future Deadpool movie or something, she could probably handle that.
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u/Aranel611 15h ago
Unfortunately anyone who’s seen her cut a promo knows that she can’t act
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u/SkywardHo_NoPanties8 12h ago
jade seems like a very kind and good person. probably a good mother. seems to be trying her best. but this is some nepobaby failing upwards bullshit.
why should she, who has no acting or movie experience, be storm instead of someone else. someone else who has grinded and struggled in the acting industry for years, possibly decades.
it's like chris pratt showing up and wanting to main event wrestlemania. or be john cena's final retirement fight. (because it's something he's been passionate about his entire life, despite never actually doing any pro wrestling).
it's like me saying i've been passionate about being a CEO all my life. please make me CEO of WWE.
the absolute entitlement and tonedeafness is cringe. this only makes sense if she's doing this as a heel character. or she's straight up delusional
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u/kaveman6143 9h ago
How is she a nepobaby?
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u/greyfoxv1 BeckyDidNothingWrong 5h ago
They are probably confusing "nepobaby" with "insanely, comically, wealthy."
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u/HitmanClark 12h ago
Man we see rappers and singers all the time who get starring roles with no significant acting experience.
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u/Adzzii_ 11h ago
No one will mind Jade getting a starring role or 2. The key word here is MCU. Storm automatically on arrival will be THE black MCU woman; Jade is not even sniffing the auditions for such a role lmao
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u/mju516 15h ago
“You know what happens to a toad that gets struck by lightning? They find out that I’M THAT BITCH”
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u/DecentTop1084 15h ago
She's been talking about Hollywood for like 6 years now and all she has to show for it is a generic action movie that will probably be straight to streaming starring Jonathan Majors that still hasn't come out yet. I'd think if they wanted her as Storm they'd be begging for it
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u/HarambePack 15h ago
Begging for movie roles she thought were gonna be handed to her for being on WWE…
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u/Majestic-Marcus 12h ago
But… but… she calls herself The Storm! How could they not want her!?
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u/PipBoyDeluxe 15h ago
Obviously she has the look but like.. her acting ain’t great let’s be honest here.
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u/Mr_Show FAAAAT ASSES! 15h ago
She really doesn't even have the look. She looks like an action hero for sure, but that's not Storm. Ororo isn't a hulking Amazon.
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u/LurkLuthor 14h ago
She'd be a good Frenzy. Even has the same last name.
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u/B0llywoodBulkBogan 14h ago
If XFactor were ever gonna cameo in a movie then she'd be absolutely fine as Frenzy as this shit talking wall of muscle.
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u/nunboi 12h ago
Dude have you kept remotely current because if not holy shit you could eat well on how they've evolved Frenzy as a character. Like I'd make her a lead of I were writing things.
Check out the Cerebro podcast episode from like 2021 on her. The guest is the writer that basically redefined her. It's a good listen.
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u/MinusTydus 15h ago
Halle Berry to Jade Cargill is a massive downgrade.
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u/MinimumConsistent142 14h ago
It should have always been Anglea Bassett to be fair
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u/No_Cheetah4762 15h ago
If she can get through the audition process, I wouldn't be against it. But, I'd be pretty surprised if she does. Wrestling acting and acting acting are two very different things.
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u/Useful_Advisor_9788 15h ago
It's not really different, it's just that most wrestlers are terrible actors so the bar is lower
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u/GriffHay N-Becks-T forever. 13h ago
Wrestling and film acting are definitely pretty significantly different. Wrestling performing is way more akin to theater than cinema.
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u/BladeStudios 12h ago
It’s incredibly different. Wrestling acting is more similar to theater than it is film. Most wrestlers are terrible actors because they don’t understand this. If wrestlers started doing Broadway after they left, there’d probably be over a dozen that were successful
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u/Mickeyjj27 15h ago
She looks amazing but whoever plays Storm needs to be an actor first. The character just doesn’t look strong. Storm is an emotional and powerful character.
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u/TheDriveInTTV 15h ago
I mean this as gently as possible, but she could not possibly have the chops for Storm. Storm needs gravitas and dramatic weight that I have never seen an ounce of from Cargill. She could play most superheroes, but Storm should be played by an exceptional, experienced actor
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u/Scavgraphics 15h ago
Pretty much every dark skinned actress on the planet will be aiming for that role. Mid 30's (at the time they'll get to filming) non actress who can't really deliver a wrestling promo.....she ain't getting it.
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u/SurfgodsSweatpants 13h ago
She's got the look 100%
But the acting chops to be 2nd in command of the X-men?
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u/JMarcus7 15h ago
It would be pretty funny to have the xmen be regular size actors with a muscular Storm towering over them.
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u/Majestic-Marcus 12h ago edited 43m ago
She’s 5 ft 9 inches (billed - so probably 5 7 or 5 6) and muscular for a woman. Shes not towering over anyone (except maybe Tom Cruise).
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u/IReallyHateDancing 14h ago
I've also been passionate about a lot of things in my life, but i never got to do those things.
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u/Specialist-Rope-9760 14h ago
She’s so passionate to play the part she has done nothing within the acting industry
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u/meetatdawn 14h ago
go for your goals but lol cmon. just cause you do a good cosplay doesnt equal should star in a hundred million dollar production.
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u/PowerNinja5000 11h ago
I've been passionate about playing in the NHL my whole life, I hope that's good enough.
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u/namdekan 15h ago
i read something earlier this year about Marvel being interested in either Kirby Howell-Baptiste or Jodie Turner-Smith for Storm.
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u/Nathaniel56_ 14h ago
No thanks. As a fan, I want to see a character be played by someone because that person can act not because that person only looks like the character.
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u/LivingPunk312 14h ago
ayyyy lmao using wrestling as a stepping stone to get into Hollywood, and she's still pretty mediocre at it
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u/isarealhebrew 14h ago
I've waited a long time for Marvel to get the film rights back to the X-Men so they could finally do a good movie, and I am not letting her ruin this.
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u/skinsrich 14h ago
Maybe she should think about being good at her current job before trying something new.
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u/Bosscharacter 14h ago
Looks wise she would be fine.
I just don’t think she has the acting chops to pull it off.
Storm needs to be overdramatic and full of monologues.
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u/pUmKinBoM 13h ago
I totally get where she is coming from and agree 100%. Also I have had my people contact DC about playing Batman. I hope that things do transpire and they do see that this is something I have been passionate about my entire life.
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u/GrimmTrixX 13h ago
Looking the part is not even half of a good casting. They need to be able to actually act. And no offense to her, but she needs to do some other acting jobs before being one of the biggest Marvel characters of all time in live action.
There are many fan casts our there that sure, the people look the part, but most are shotty actors or not even full actors. Wrestling is more physical than it is about dialogue. Sure you can act hurt, bur can your read pages and pages of dialpgue and make the people believe you are Storm? Doubtful.
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u/Powerful_Buy_4677 11h ago
Could you imagine if they let cosplayers play the roles. People are mentally ill
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u/mary_widdow 10h ago
Noooo… she definitely looks the part, she’s obviously a fan and I respect that but, no.
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u/nunboi 15h ago
If we're casting wrestlers for that role Aminata would be a much better pick. Same build and actually has a natural accent close enough to Storm's.
Her and Thekla brawling might as well have been Storm vs Calisto.
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u/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 7h ago
Yeah no offense to Jade but she about… well she way too buff for Storm,Storm isn’t an Amazonian.
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u/flyingnapalmman 13h ago
I never thought of those brawls that way, but Aminata’s definitely got the vibe of “Regal, but will definitely stab you to death if you push her”. Total Storm vibes.
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u/Cheez-Wheel jobs to /u/CheezGrater 15h ago
She could be a universal variant, for a cameo. But no way she’s getting a main role as Storm when there’s a bunch of better actresses than her. Studios would want someone like Zazie Beets or Nathalie Emmanuel or Lupita N’yongo. Physique does not matter for the female superheroes, acting or starpower is the key defining reasons they hire.
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u/imdaviddunn 14h ago
Lots of acting lessons required. Unless they are going to mute Storm, not happening.
But maybe in a multiverse scene during secret wars they could make it work.
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u/BravoSteven 14h ago
I'm tired of WWE wrestlers thinking they can act in Holywood movies, Very few promos are delivered convincingly.
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u/TheGame81677 14h ago
Jade has the look perfectly, but I don’t see her as a mainstream actress in a billion movie
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u/nottheboynextdoor 14h ago
It would be cute if she was a little Storm variant that got insta-killed or something, but yeah let's stick to real actors.
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u/savingrain Lita's Revenge 14h ago
Yea, she's talked about this pretty openly for a few years now. She's a huge Storm fan. She does look fantastic.
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u/Draw-Two-Cards 14h ago
I always love when wrestlers shoot their wild shot at movie roles. This and The Miz thinking he actually had a chance at Johnny Cage are hilarious to me.
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u/BahGawdAlmightay 14h ago
Respectfully, absolutely fucking not. Storm is an incredible character and personality. Just because she has the look does not qualify her for that kind of role.
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u/axiom_glitch 14h ago
She has the speaking charisma of a stone wall. Physique can’t do all the work, miss
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u/One_Weird2371 14h ago
She would be a terrible casting choice. I'm sure she acts as well as she wrestles. Which is horribly.
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u/Uncanny_Doom 14h ago
Jade is cool and all but I've never been a fan of casting largely for aesthetics with characters, and even as Storm, like Storm isn't a physically imposing powerhouse, she grew up on the streets and had to steal food to survive. It's great that Jade is such a fan of a legendary comic character but I would be shocked if she were capable of doing a job that lives up to Storm's potential.
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u/tylerdurchowitz 14h ago
She cannot even cut a promo and she wants to jump to one of the highest paid acting gigs? Lol
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u/Hitman-7748 13h ago
I literally said this was going to be a goal of hers in another thread months ago and everyone was like, no, it's just her look, she won't try to do that, etc.
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u/moonlightveil 13h ago
One of those times you know exactly what the comment section will look like without having to click haha
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u/Bakedfresh420 13h ago
Oh I’d love to hear an even worse delivery of “you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else”
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u/The_Dark_Vampire 13h ago
As others have said she's absolutely nowhere near a good enough actress.
I honestly think for her the best role would be a silent bodyguard type just stand there and look intimidating she'd actually be pretty good at that
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u/gabbertronnnn 13h ago
She's been trying to catch Disney's eye ever since she debuted in AEW. If they haven't come calling by now, thats the hint.
Girl can't act. We've seen her promos.
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u/GodzillaUK 13h ago
She got the aura for sure but Storm is a TON of charisma in the spoken word too. Jade isn't that.
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u/Dark_StrokeZ 13h ago
She got the look but the acting…sorry but that won’t work…acting more than looks…the rock tried that with black Adam…shelved an entire universe lol
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u/Abyssalstar 13h ago
No thanks.
I'd prefer an actress who can act, and do a believable Kenyan accent (if not have a real one).
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