Today, Deadline announced several actresses who are up for the lead female role in Channing Tatum’s Gambit spin-off X-Men movie.The role isn’t for Rogue who many knows falls in love with Gambit after his time with the X-Men but actually for Bella Donna Boudreaux daughter of the New Orleans assassins guild.The three names up for the leads included already named Lea Seydoux (Spectre) as well as Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation).
Additionally according to Acting-Audtions the lead female must be able to speak french fluently.
Vera– Female, any ethnicity, mid 20s – early 30s. Beautiful, smart, tough, fiery and unpredictable.
Gambit hits October 2016