\n\tRemember when actors used to pretend to be above comic book movies? These days, they campaign for them like they\u2019re running for office.<\/p>\n
\n\tNowhere are the hustings more crowded than Marvel\u2019s upcoming X-Men<\/a> reboot, where \u2014 in interviews, press junkets and red carpet chats \u00ad\u2014 seemingly half of Hollywood has publicly raised a hand for one mutant or another. Keke Palmer has been lobbying to play Rogue, repeatedly telling interviewers she wants the part. Cynthia Erivo has called Storm a dream role; Jodie Turner-Smith and Kirby Howell-Baptiste have publicly volunteered for weather-control duty, as well. Taron Egerton has repeatedly expressed interest in inheriting Wolverine\u2019s claws from Hugh Jackman<\/a>, while Dacre Montgomery has floated himself for Cyclops.<\/p>\n \n\tSome of this campaigning appears to be working \u2014 or at least getting a few meetings on the schedule. Inde Navarrette recently confirmed she\u2019d met with X-Men director Jake Schreier after revealing Mystique is the mutant she\u2019d most like to play, though rumor has also linked her to Rogue.<\/p>\n \n\tOf course, no campaign would be complete without a few polls. Thanks to Kalshi, fans can now track the X-Men frontrunners in real time. According to an analysis by The Action Network, Jacob Elordi\u2019s chances have climbed from 24\u202fpercent in late July to 96\u202fpercent, while Sadie Sink<\/a> \u2014 already cast as Jean Grey \u2014 rather academically tops Kalshi\u2019s ticket at 98\u202fpercent (presumably she\u2019ll get the other 2\u202fpercent when filming begins?). The leaderboard gets a little weirder from there, with Jackman still pulling 43\u202fpercent despite publicly retiring from the role, and Denzel Washington somehow polling at 30\u202fpercent, rumor has it to play Magneto.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t***<\/p>\n \n\tAlso in Rambling Reporter:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tHow The Shards original adaptation blew up at HBO<\/a> \u2014 and ended up in Ryan Murphy\u2019s hands; Rumor has it that Jeff Bezos bought a $200\u202fmillion condo<\/a> in Beverly\u202fHills. <\/p>\n