Inde Navarrette Reportedly Passed Up a Role in Heat 2 for Marvel Studio's X-Men Movie

Thanks to Inde Navarrette’s breakout show successful Obsession, the prima has carte blanche to take immoderate projects she wants — and Marvel’s X-Men movie was astatine the apical of her list.

Inde Navarrette antecedently admitted to speaking with Jake Schreier, manager for the upcoming film, earlier this summer, sparking rumors that she’d beryllium progressive with the aboriginal MCU successful immoderate way. Those rumors were confirmed astatine D23, wherever it was revealed that she’ll beryllium playing everyone’s favourite power-absorbing mutant, Rogue.

Speaking with PageSix, sources claimed Inde was truthful keen connected the relation that she turned down 2 different large projects, 1 of which was Heat 2. Navarrette was reportedly being eyed to play Sharlene, primitively portrayed by Ashley Judd, alongside monolithic Hollywood stars similar Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Adam Driver. (Not to worry; she’ll beryllium moving with Driver connected X-Men, arsenic he’s acceptable to play the film’s villain, Mister Sinister.)

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Additionally, PageSix reported that Navarrette declined a relation successful an unnamed fearfulness movie directed by Mattias Hoehne (Cockneys vs Zombies, Little Bone Lodge) that would person paid retired $2.5 million.

It’s harmless to accidental that Marvel’s X-Men could beryllium a acold much profitable task for the star, who reportedly made a humble $20,000 from Obsession. That movie went connected to go the highest-grossing autarkic movie with a fund nether $1 million, skyrocketing Navarrette to planetary fame and putting her connected the shortlist for Hollywood executives looking for their adjacent large star.

Navarrette antecedently spoke astir the anticipation of playing a subordinate of the X-Men successful effect to fancasts of her arsenic Marvel’s Black Cat during a chat with Variety backmost successful July.

"Every clip that I spot thing similar this I'll giggle because, like, evidently I cognize the truth, but I would emotion to beryllium a portion of Marvel," Navarrette said. "I deliberation it's fun, particularly since I grew up watching X-Men – the 2000s X-Men. That would beryllium fun."

“Mystique has ever been ace cool," she continued erstwhile asked who she’d similar to play. "Growing up, I retrieve watching the behind-the-scenes process of each the prosthetics. That was ace chill for me. I would ever ticker behind-the-scenes of a batch of stuff. Pirates of the Caribbean, I remember, was a large happening that I would ticker the BTS of. X-Men, you know, the prosthetics. I conscionable find it truthful fascinating."

Reactions to Navarrette’s casting person been overwhelmingly positive. The quality adjacent reached Rogue’s dependable actress, who sent a heartwarming invited connection to the prima connected societal media successful her signature Southern drawl.

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