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Kenyan-born Actor Edie Gathegi To Be In The Cast Of 'X-Men: First Class'

By Mwakilishi | Wed, 07/28/2010 07:27PM -0500
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Kenyan native Edie Gathegi is joining the cast of X-Men: First Class. He will paly the role of Darwin, the first bi-racial mutant in the comic series.

The character Darwin has the power of reactive evolution, meaning that his body can adapt to any situation. For example, he can develop night vision to see in the dark.

First Class cnteres on the early years of the mutants made famous by the Marvel comic series. Production begins the summer.

Gathegi also stars as Eddie Willers in a 2011 movie adaptation of Ayn Rand's controversial novel Atlas Shrugged, according to preliminary cast lists. The independent film features One Tree Hill star Paul Johansson as the mysterious John Galt and Mercy's Taylor Schilling as heroine Dagny Taggart.

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