Alex Gonzalez cast as Riptide in X-Men: First Class
SPANISH actor Alex Gonzalez is playing the mutant Riptide in Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class, it's been reported.
His involvement was revealed by a Spanish superhero fansite, which says Alex will spend four months in London shooting the film.
Gonzalez is said to be "super excited" about landing the part and the site - Blog de Superheroes - says he has confirmed the character he is playing.
Riptide - real name Janos Quested - has the ability to spin his body at incredible speed. He can simultaneously generate bone protrusions in the form of shurikens (throwing stars) and spikes, which he hurls at opponents as lethal projectiles that can even penetrate steel.
In the X-Men comics, he a member of the villainous Marauders. For a look at the comic book version of the character, see below.
The character was seen briefly as one of the imprisoned mutants at Stryker's base in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Gonzalez, 30, has several Spanish TV series credits, appeared in 2007 film Luz de Domingo (Sunday Light) and had a minor role in 2008's Milk.
A separate report on Spanish showbiz site Fotogramas erroneously named Alex's character as Tornado, who doesn't exist in the comics, and added that he has to undergo three hours of make-up for the role. He will be filming in London until the end of the year, it said.
The site added that First Class will shoot for three months in London and then for one month in Georgia, USA.
X-Men: First Class, starring James McAvoy as Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, January Jones as Emma Frost and Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, is released on June 3, 2011.
It's a prequel showing the early years of Xavier and Magneto and how their friendship soured and led to the creation of the opposing forces of the X-Men and the Brotherhood, as seen in the existing trilogy.
(Source: Blog de Superheroes and English translation, Fotogramas and English translation)
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