“Depraved” actress Cynthia Erivo clearly has a factor for enjoying characters who fly. In an interview on the Nationwide Board of Evaluate Awards Gala, Erivo was requested what “dream position” she’s manifesting for her future. And now, she mentioned she’s able to sort out one of the iconic superheroes in historical past.
In fairly the change of tempo from Erivo’s most up-to-date portrayal of Elphaba, the Depraved Witch of the West in “Depraved,” she introduced her dream position is Storm, the character from Marvel’s “X-Males.”
“I actually wish to play Storm,” Erivo advised the interviewer. “I do know it sounds frivolous, however I believe we haven’t uncovered how grand she is, and all of that internal turmoil she has,” the 38-year-old continued. “So I believe there’s a world through which we may do one thing with that.”
Storm, the weather-controlling superhero mutant, was made well-known within the Marvel comics within the Seventies. The character has been portrayed on the large display screen by Alexandra Shipp and, most famously, Halle Berry.
Since Erivo expressed curiosity in enjoying the silver-haired character, many on-line have shared their pleasure whereas others don’t appear to assume she’s the fitting match for the position. However on X, person @daimaobutterfly mentioned they don’t get the talk over the matter. They wrote “idk why everybody’s pretending cynthia erivo wouldn’t physique storm.”
One other person, @taystytee, mentioned Erivo did so nicely in “Depraved,” they need to solid her as Storm after which “make it a musical…”
Even one former X-Males showrunner, Beau DeMayo, mentioned Erivo as Storm is “an absolute no brainer.” DeMayo was fired from the animated X-Males reboot after accusations of “egregious” misconduct got here to mild, in response to Selection.
Now might be an ideal time for Erivo to snag her dream position as Marvel has began to slowly combine the unique X Males characters into its present universe, in response to movieweb.com. However, Erivo isn’t the one actress gunning for the position.
Beforehand, Janelle Monae has expressed curiosity in enjoying Storm. We’ll simply need to let the Marvel executives resolve on the most effective star for the position.
This story initially appeared on The Root, our sister web site, on January 10.
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