{"id":57870,"date":"2022-08-11T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T00:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=57870"},"modified":"2022-08-11T17:22:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T00:22:17","slug":"no-halle-bailey-isnt-playing-kitty-pryde-in-an-upcoming-x-men-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=57870","title":{"rendered":"No, Halle Bailey isn&#8217;t playing Kitty Pryde in an upcoming X-MEN film."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kit-pry.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" data-attachment-id=\"57876\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?attachment_id=57876\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kit-pry.jpg?fit=735%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"735,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"kit-pry\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kit-pry.jpg?fit=640%2C425&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kit-pry.jpg?resize=640%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kit-pry.jpg?w=735&amp;ssl=1 735w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kit-pry.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kit-pry.jpg?resize=670%2C445&amp;ssl=1 670w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kit-pry.jpg?resize=320%2C212&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Courtesy of Marvel Comics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is really a non-news story.<\/em> A Twitter user named @BaileyUnspoken <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalleBailey\/status\/1557195810181242881\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> that <strong>Halle Bailey<\/strong> (The Little Mermaid) will star as the mutant <strong>Kitty Pryde<\/strong> in an upcoming X-Men film, providing <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/biz\/news\/brooklyn-beckham-angus-cloud-halle-bailey-becky-g-1235333800\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a> as the source &#8211; even though a provided link included nothing on the casting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is not true lmao,&#8221; responded the singer and actor addressing the rumor. Considering the person has &#8220;Bailey&#8221; in their user name, it seems this was just wishful thinking (which makes absolutely no sense) on their part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">That said, if we were casting mutants in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we think Bailey fits best with <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Grey\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Grey<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M_(Marvel_Comics)\" target=\"_blank\">M<\/a><\/strong>, or even a petite <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Storm_(Marvel_Comics)\" target=\"_blank\">Storm<\/a><\/strong>. \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Nothing real<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">this is not true lmao <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZw41TEJ3w\">https:\/\/t.co\/wZw41TEJ3w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Halle (@HalleBailey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalleBailey\/status\/1557195810181242881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is really a non-news story. 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