Stephen Lang As The X-Men’s Cable?

Could Avatar’s Stephen Lang play the X-Men’s favorite mutant from the future, Cable? Well, he definitely looks the part and judging by his performances is such films as Tombstone, Gettysburg and this holiday seasons Avatar he also has the chops. With 20th Century Fox’s X-Men film franchise in limbo right now Cable could be the shot in the arm that the fans need to get interested again, or at least that’s what Cable co-creator Rob Liefeld thinks.

On Rob Liefeld’s Twitter he had this to say:

” Dear 20th Century Fox, Please sign Steven Lang as Cable and put him in your next X-men film. Thanks, Rob”.

“Steven Lang’s performance as Quaritch in Avatar was brilliant. Just attach a cyborg arm to him and presto! he’s Cable. Perfect age too.”

The pictures above are from Avatar and the Ultimate X-Men’s Cable from an alternate world, which is not a fan favorite Cable, but looks eerily like Lang in the film.  Lang is in great shape at about 50 years old, so he could probably keep up this level of physical fitness for another five years or so easily.Unfortunately, Cable’s back story is pretty convoluted and would take all kinds of build up to make it real. I’m not sure that they have the time to explain his origin before nature catches up with this perfect specimen of a man to play Cable. This is in no way anything that is being entertained as a real idea, but is just a great observation by Liefled. I would love to see this in a film. I would even set my geek standards aside for the origin to see Stephen Lang in this role. Maybe we should get a petition together?

Just a taste of his origin:

Cable was born Nathan Christopher Summers. The son of the X-Men’s Scott Summers (Cyclops) and his wife Madelyne Pryor (Clone of Jean Grey). Nathan gets a rare disease and must be taken to the future where he can be treated. He ages and returns to the past at a much older age (older than his father) and is a life long enemy of the villainous Apocalypse.

See, I told you his origin was nuts.

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