More ‘Logan’ Characters Revealed: Who’ll Appear In Hugh Jackman’s Final Wolverine Movie?
By Angie Han/Oct. 11, 2016 10:00 am EST
According to TheWrap, Sienna Novikov will play Laura a.k.a. X-23, the little girl whose hand can be seen in the Logan poster, and Richard E. Grant is playing Dr. Zander Rice, a mad scientist type. Both characters originated in the comics.
Logan is set in the year 2024, when mutant births are in severe decline for reasons unknown. Meanwhile, a shadowy operation called Transigen is turning mutant kids into killing machines. Logan (Wolverine) is sick — his powers have greatly diminished and he is in a state of chronic pain, which he self-treats by drowning himself in booze — and Professor X’s abilities have become destabilized. Stephen Merchant plays Caliban, a mutant who helps Wolverine care for Professor X.
Laura, also known as X-23, is one of the kids who gets caught up in Transigen’s plans. Like Wolverine, X-23 has a regenerative healing factor and retractable adamantium-covered claws, as well as superhuman speed, strength, stamina, senses, and reflexes. In the film, Wolverine will take Laura under his wing.
Directed by James Mangold, Logan arrives March 3, 2017.
