Stephen Lang Really Wants To Be Cable
At the end of the first Deadpool film, Deadpool himself dropped a bombshell that his long time frenemy Cable would be in the sequel. With the sequel confirmed, and shooting to begin in 2017, the race is on to find who will play Cable.
The internet (and Deadpool himself) has offered many potential candidates. One that stepped forward on his own to nominate himself was Stephen Lang, who has starred in many big films including Avatar and the recently released Don’t Breathe. He’s so passionate about it, he continually asks his fans to help spread the word of his desire to be Cable, and in an interview with Tony Loconsole he said:
“Well I mean certainly the Avatar schedule could present logistical problems but I don’t know what the status of that is. Last time I looked they haven’t announced any casting on the role. I haven’t been told that, I haven’t been asked to do the role but then again I don’t know that I’m not in the running now, so, you know, I kind of continually urge my fans out there to, you know you want to see me as Cable just make yourself heard because they listen to the fans, and that’s about as far as I go in campaigning as it were for a role. I think it’s a wonderful interesting role and it’s one that I think is certainly within my wheelhouse, so I’d love to do it, but I don’t know that it’s gonna happen. It might not happen.”
Hopefully some casting news will come out soon.