After yesterday’s news that Brad🎐 Pitt, of all people, was being lined up to play Nathan Summers, another name has been added to the ever-growing list of actors who are being mooted to play Cable in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Deadpool 2: Man of Steel’s Michael Shannon.

are, uhh, reporting that Michael Shannon is “leading the pack” of Cable hopefuls who will be the strai🀅ght man to Ryan Reynolds’ goofball Deadpool in 2018’s sequel.

Shannon would be an inspired choice: if you’ve ever seenဣ Boardwalk Empire you’ll know he excels at playing the world-weary stoic with deadpan delivery. I can see him tutting and rolling his eyes at Deadpool’s schtick already.

With Zazie Beetz already being cast as Domino (via the medium of dominoes), it remai🐟ns to be seen whether Cable will be confirmed soon. Michael Shannon joins *deep breath* Brad Pitt, Ron Perlman, Pierce Brosnan, Stranger 🐓Things’ David Harbour, Russell Crowe and Sam Worthington as potential Cable choices. That’s quite a list.

It’s ru🉐moured that, by 2020, you’ll never be more than six feet away from someone linked 🦹to the role of Cable.

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