OK, just for fun... If they made a Legion movie, which actor or actress would you cast for which Legion character?

U-Boy: Christopher Walken
Bouncing Boy: Zach Galifianakis
Saturn Girl: That Hunger games actress.
Cosmic Boy: That Hunger games actor, with his hair dyed.
B-5: Either Jack Gleeson or Neal Patrick Harris
Vi: Maisie Williams
Lena Headly: Emerald Empress

Oh hell, this could go on forever.


I think I'll just re-cast Game of Thrones, Orange is the New Black, Neal Patrick Harris and Christopher Walken until I either run out of actors or out of Legion characters.

I'll come back in a couple days.

Back in the 1980s, I often speculated on the young actors known collectively as the "Brat Pack" to star in a Legion of Super-heroes movie:

Rob Lowe as Cosmic Boy
Mare Winningham as Saturn Girl
Eric Stoltz as Lightning Lad
Anthony Michael Hall as Brainiac Five
Emilio Esteves as Ultra Boy
Demi Moore as Phantom Girl

Mia Rose Frampton (Tammy) as Saturn Girl

Dakota Sky as Lightning Lad

Dylan Minnette (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day) as Cosmic Boy

Zach Mills (Super 8) as Brainiac 5

Paris Jackson as Shrinking Violet

And Andy Serkis as Chameleon Boy

And for an Adult Legion, I would use the cast of the Harry Potter movies:

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) as Cosmic Boy

Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) as Saturn Girl

Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) as Lightning Lad

Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) as Brainiac 5

Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasly) as Triplicate Girl

Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) as Phantom Girl

Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) as Superboy

Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley) as Bouncing Boy

Hugh Mitchell (Colin Creevey) as Invisible Kid

Katie Leung (Cho Chang) as Shrinkng Violet

Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) as Ultra Boy


and Saorise Ronan (Not a Harry Potter actor, but from Atonement, The Lovely Bones) as Kara Zor-El / Linda Lee Danvers / Supergirl

I like this idea.

You realize, of course that Harry Potter was originally a Legion fanfic. JK Rowling just changed the genre from Science Fiction to Fantasy.

Legion HQ = Hogwarts
RJ Brande = Dumbledore
Mordru = Voldemort
Proty II = Scabbers the Rat

...and so forth

Emma Watson--Duplicate Damsel
Daniel Radcliffe-Cosmic Boy
Daniel Cudmore-Colossal Boy
Evan Peters-Element Lad
Elle Fanning--Princess Projectra
Bonnie Wright--Lightning Lass
Emily Blunt--Phantom Girl
Eddie Redmayne--Lightning Lad
Anne Hathaway--Shrinking Violet
Liam Hemsworth--Sun Boy
Josh Hutcherson--Star Boy
Samantha Banks--Shadow Lass
Andrew Garfield--Matter Eater Lad