The character was recently played by January Jones in “X-Men: First Class” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”

Marvel reportedly casts Samara Weaving as X-Men reboot’s Emma Frost

The character was recently played by January Jones in “X-Men: First Class” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”

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Samara Weaving attends the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 3rd Annual Gala on Dec. 3, 2023. Credit:

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- Samara Weaving has reportedly been cast to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Emma Frost for an upcoming X-Men film.

- Director Jake Schreier and Marvel execs have reportedly been meeting with and auditioning stars all summer for the movie.

- Weaving would be the third actress to portray the character on film after Tahyna Tozzi and January Jones.

**This article contains spoilers from *Spider-Man: Brand New Day*.**

To Marvel Studios, my X-Men! It seems that the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s rendition of the X-Men is slowly coming together.

Samara Weaving has reportedly been cast to join the MCU as Emma Frost, according to Deadline. The outlet reports that the *Ready or Not 2: Here I Come** *star was chosen as the ice-themed telepathic mutant earlier this week after after director Jake Schreier and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige met with a number of candidates.

Schreier and Marvel execs have reportedly been meeting with and auditioning stars all summer to fill out the roster for the upcoming X-Men film.

** ha reached out to Marvel and reps for Weaving for comment.

Weaving would be the third actress to portray the character on film; Tahyna Tozzi played a version of the character as Kayla Silverfox’s sister in *X-Men Origins: Wolverine*, while January Jones most recently portrayed her in *X-Men: First Class* and *X-Men: Days of Future Past*.

January Jones as Emma Frost in ‘X-Men First Class’.

The casting news comes a day after newcomer Sadie Sink made her debut as Jean Grey —the telekinetic and telepathic mutant of Marvel Comics who’s destined to become a crucial member of the X-Men — in *Spider-Man: Brand New Day.*

According to Sink, the Jean Grey rumors were “happening before I even knew that I would be working on this project,” she told ** last November. “I was like, ‘Wait! What are people talking about?’” But the actress wasn’t going to be the one to answer that question prematurely — even if singer-songwriter Steve Lacy did blurt it out at the world premiere in Hollywood on Monday.

“We had a story for Peter... It’s always about Peter. It always starts with Peter and ends with Peter,” Feige explained. “We had a Peter story that we wanted to tell, and knew that there were a number of characters that could fit into that. And it was Sadie’s name who came up that solidified the idea of the character that she’s playing.”

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Feige continues to signal that Marvel’s mutants will be “core” to the MCU after *Avengers: Secret Wars*, as he put it while speaking with press in Shanghai. On the press line at San Diego Comic-Con, he also said, “There are sagas upon sagas upon sagas within the X-Men that we’re very excited to delve into.”

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