Gambit looking at three actresses for female lead

Now that Channing Tatum is officially locked in to play the titular role of Rupert Wyatt's “Gambit”, the production can start looking at actresses who can play opposite the star as the female lead. According to new reports, the film has not yet zeroed in on exactly who should get the part, but it seems as though three frontrunners have emerged. Deadline is reporting that testing is scheduled to begin next week for the role of Belladonna Boudreaux (aka Bella) in the film, and that there is a trio of actresses who will be trying to prove that they have what it takes to get the role. 

At the exact same time stories began to leak about Channing Tatum's possible departure from “Gambit”, it was also reported that French actress Lea Seydoux was being considered by 20th Century Fox for what was then an unknown female lead in the feature. While she doesn't have an extensive Hollywood resume to this point in her career (instead best known for Palme d'Or winning film “Blue is the Warmest Color”), but she does have some blockbuster experience thanks to her villainous turn in “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol”, and her part in the upcoming James Bond adventure “Spectre”. 

The second candidate on this is also an actress from the “Mission: Impossible” franchise. Rebecca Ferguson has been receiving rave reviews for her badass performance in Christopher McQuarrie's “Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation”, and now it looks as though the Swedish actress may find herself taking on her first comic book movie role. 

Hollywood caught the first glimpses of Australian actress Abbey Lee earlier this summer, thanks to her role as The Dag in George Miller's mind-blowing “Mad Max: Fury Road”, but she is already finding her name on shortlists for some of the biggest gigs in town. She's been very busy of late, starring in both “The Neon Demon” and “Gods of Egypt”, but the female lead in “Gambit” would unquestionably be her biggest role to date. 

In the comics, Belladonna Boudreaux was a childhood friend of Gambit's, who was arranged to be married to him in an attempt to unite both the Thieves Guild (of which Gambit was a part), and the Assassins Guild (of which Belladonna was a part). 

Source: Cinemablend