# X-Men Casting Call!  Who would you cast as Gambit?

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**Created:** [May 6, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-casting-call-who-would-you-cast-as-gambit/173296 "2003-05-06T00:05:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-casting-call-who-would-you-cast-as-gambit/173296/21 "2003-05-06T16:12:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by gallows fodder \*  
> \*\*Could be, but he’s surely too short and too…clean. We need some tall, scruffy guy with great hair and a great smirk. \*\*

I’ll send my resume immediately. 😉

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**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-casting-call-who-would-you-cast-as-gambit/173296/22 "2003-05-06T18:50:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by catnoe \*  
> \*\*Colin Farrell
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> He has the look, the charm, and a way with accents. And I am always looking for any chance to drool over him.
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> Can’t you just picture him in that long coat, leaned against a wall doing the one hand shuffle with a deck of cards pulling off that ‘I don’t realize how gorgeous I am but I know I can charm any female on the face of the planet’ look? \*\*

I don’t think I could possibly disagree with you more.  
(I’m still at a loss as to how that guy is even considered one of the beautiful people. To me, he doesn’t even reach one of the ok looking people level.)

I could see Dennis Quaid, 15 years younger. If it weren’t for the accent, I could see Johnny Depp - a few years younger. I think I’d also like to see some unknown do it.

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