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Rumor: Kevin Bacon to play Sebastian Shaw in X-Men First Class?

by Susana Polo | 4:02 pm, July 17th, 2010

Ever since it was confirmed that Kevin Bacon will be playing the role of the villain in the upcoming X-Men: First Class, comic fans have been enjoying the speculation on which villain he is actually going to play.  Names like Mister Sinister, Apocalypse, and even Proteus have been brought up and bandied about.  But the only rumor that has actually attached itself to some semblance of possible credibility is that he will play Sebastian Shaw, Black King of The Order of the Phoenix The Hellfire Club.

Sorry, I got into X-Men through Ultimate, and the whole Hellfire Club/Dark Phoenix bit was my favorite part.

Forces of Geek reports that

One of our FOG! Agents from across the pond has revealed that Kevin Bacon’s role in the upcoming X-Men: First Class is that of Sebastian Shaw, leader of the Hellfire Club.

The Hellfire Club is a centuries old British gentlemen’s club of sorts, except instead of billiards there was clandestine world domination.  In the official time line, the Club’s meddling caused Jean Grey’s transformation into the Dark Pheonix.  In the Ultimates retelling they are the financial backers of Professor X’s school, ostensibly because they support the mutant agenda, but in reality because they want to keep tabs on Jean until they can perform a ritual to awake the Phoenix in her, assuming that it will, in gratitude, reward them with domination over mankind.

Unfortunately, neither of those characteristics of the Club are likely to be picked up in First Class, since the movie will be contiguous with X-Men: Last Stand, in which the Phoenix Force was not an ancient omnipotent force of cosmic justice, but the suppressed personality of a teenage girl.  But maybe the funding-the-school thing will stay?

It is apparently the duty of anyone describing an obscure comic character, no matter how complex and interesting aside from their powers, to describe their powers, and so:

Sebastian Shaw is a mutant who can absorb kinetic energy and use it to give himself greater “strength, speed, stamina and recuperation capabilities.”  This allows him to turn aside nearly any blow, including blades, bullets, and, notably, optic blasts.

Interestingly enough, Sebastian Shaw is also the name of the guy who played Darth Vader with his mask off in Return of the Jedi.  COINCIDENCE?!

Yes.

(via Bleeding Cool.)

  • http://paulwilliamlondon@yahoo.com paulwilliamlondon

    All of My people and I request 0ne character again.
    We request Selene Gallio / The Black Queen.
    We truly want to someone to be her character.
    We agree if Sebastian Shaw will play in X men First Class as The Black King.
    We truly want you to give Selene there. we request casting call for Selene.

    The Hellfire Club counts among its members the most famous, wealthy and influential members of society. Membership is passed on to descendants, and can also be earned through wealth or influence. While many accept the invitation simply for the pleasures that the Club offers, others seek wealth and influence. In fact, the purpose of the Hellfire Club is to obtain and exert power through politics and economic influence instead of outward conquest and domination. Since its foundation, the Hellfire Club has been involved in wars and assassinations to further the agendas of the Club’s most powerful members.

    We can see the third people who the most famous from the Hellfire Club, they are :
    Sebastian Shaw, Selene, and Emma Frost.
    Especially Selene. Selene Gallio professes to have lived for several millennia, and to have been a foe of the ancient sorcerer, Kulan Gath. In past ages, she was renowned as a sorceress whose power was feared and respected by other magic users. She eventually came to live in the ancient Roman Republic. At some point, Selene established herself as the Goddess of the Moon of Arthurian legend. Perceived by various sources as being a powerful sorceress, Selene is actually one of the long-lived mutants known as the Externals, possibly the oldest. Over the millennia, her worshippers grew into a world-wide cult.

    Selene soon after traveled to New York, where members of her world-wide cult had a church. The leader of the cult, Friedrich von Roehm, was also a member of the Hellfire Club. With Von Roehm’s help, Selene entered the Inner Circle of the Club and rapidly rose to the high rank of Black Queen. As the Black Queen, Selene had tried numerous attempts to overthrow her current leader, the Black King Sebastian Shaw.
    One such attempt brought Jean Grey in reality, Phoenix / the Dark Phoenix into the Inner Circle, which led to the intervention of the X-Men in the Club’s plots.

    once more, please we truly want you to give casting call for Selene in X men First Class Film.


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