Earlier this month, word arrived that 20th Century Fox was testing a varied group of actresses to play the female lead in Deadpool alongside Ryan Reynolds. When Gina Carano was cast a couple of days ago, we thought she might have leapfrogged the list. Not so! She’s definitely on board, but Morena Baccarin has won the coveted lead role{
Baccarin, a Firefly veteran who has carved out a healthy career in the likes of Homeland, V and, more recently, Gotham and The Flash, has scored the plumb part of a woman who meets and falls for our scarred hero, though hopefully there’s more to her than just the basic character description.
Tim Miller is gearing up to start shooting the film in March, unleashing the full comic fury of the merc with a mouth on the world. Alongside Carano and Baccarin, T.J. Miller will be added comic relief and Ed Skrein's playing a villain, with several characters still to be cast. Including a new actor to play **X-Men **character Colossus, since Daniel Cudmore announced he wouldn’t be returning. As for Baccarin, she’ll next be seen in Paul Feig’s latest comedy, Spy, which lands here on June 5.