Millie Bobby Brown has revealed that she auditioned to play X-23 in the 2017 movie Logan.
"I screentested with Hugh Jackman when I was like, 11 or 12," Brown said during an interview with Entertainment Weekly, as she played Two Truths and a Lie with Enola Holmes 3 co-star Louis Partridge. "I felt like I probably didn't get it, because I think there was someone else that was better."
Added Brown: "It's true, and it was for Logan."
Given that Logan came out in 2017 and Stranger Things came out in 2016, it's likely that both projects shot around the same time... and that the role of Eleven could've gone to another actor had Brown gotten the role in Logan. The role of X-23 ultimately went to Dafne Keen.
Logan, directed by James Mangold, saw Hugh Jackman's Wolverine living in a distant future where mutants were next-to-extinct. He runs into a young girl known only as X-23, and the two develop a father-daughter sort of bond as he attempts to protect her from the dark forces that are out to get her. Keen would reprise the role in Deadpool and Wolverine, thanks to a wild multiverse plotline that allowed Mangold's Logan to stay dead and another Logan to step up to the plate.
Brown can be seen in Enola Holmes 3, which is streaming now on Netflix. Next up for Marvel is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which is out on July 31, and Avengers: Doomsday which hits theaters on December 18... though we don't know if Jackman is set to appear in the latter.
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