Morena Baccarin Lands Female Lead in 'Deadpool'

[Lyri]

She'll play Ryan Reynold's love interest.

Homeland star Morena Baccarin has nabbed the female lead in Deadpool, Fox's action movie based on the Marvel character.

Tim Miller is directing the action-adventure project, which stars Ryan Reynolds as an assassin who undergoes a procedure to cure his cancer that ends up leaving him twisted and scarred but also imbued with superpowers.

T.J. Miller and Gina Caranoare already attached to the project, which is eyeing a March shoot and is slated for an early 2016 release.

Baccarin was one of a handful of actresses shortlisted for the role of Reynolds' character's love interest. The character grapples with falling for a man with a hideously scarred face.

The film is based on a script by Rhett Reese andPaul Wernick. Simon Kinberg is producing withLauren Shuler Donner.

On the film side, Baccarin will appear in PaulFeig's upcoming action-comedy Spy, oppositeMelissa McCarthy. Her previous TV work includes Showtime's hit Homeland (which garnered her an Emmy nomination) andFox's Gotham, on which she currently stars. She's repped by UTA, Seven Summits and Jackoway Tyerman.

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[Fuffy Baith]

I heard about this. The more I hear about this Deadpool movie the more excited I get. It's got a good cast, and I'm happy that she's getting a lot of work. I like her on Gotham, even though I don't really like the show. So good for her.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

Plus it's going to be a hard R rating, which is good news.

 

[Taake]

Wow, I cannot picture those two together at all. Good for Moreena though, she's not my favorite (whenever I see her in anything now I kind of feel like there's a cardboard like quality about her...no charisma, no nothing) but it's always nice to see Whedon alumni on tv/movies

 

[Skanky Vamp]

I cannot picture those two together at all.

Now you can

 

[Taake]

Now you can

Haha thank you, that's helpful 🙂
(I actually thought that was Ashley Judd at first!)

 

[Skanky Vamp]

(I actually thought that was Ashley Judd at first!)

Why would I post a picture of Ashley Judd?!?!
Although I should have posted this....

it's a cardboard cut-out.. get it? get it?