Beyoncé wants to be the MCU’s “Storm”

She looks the part but she can’t act.

No, please don’t let her be in that movie.

If she did get the part, 90% of the film's budget would have to go into endless takes and heavy editing, because she is an atrociously bad actress. Her wooden plank-level performance in Showgirls was rather dismal, but the great ensemble cast made her blend into the background and she only stood out in the musical performances (as a good singer like her would). Also, she is far from beautiful and her personality is shallower than a puddle, so she would end up doing things badly AND still end up being overshadowed by everybody else.

Halle Berry is a good actress, is genuinely beautiful and she can easily reflect the underlying tension and emotional torment that a complex character like Storm needs. The problem with La Berry is that she is a bit too old (she first played the character 21 years ago), and studios are trying to remake all the previous films... I mean, reboot the series for a younger audience who will probably identify much more strongly with Beyoncé.

Or else, they could give the part to Lizzo in order to highlight the character's supernatural powers by showing that they can propel all of that lard through the air. Or why not Cardi B? She is ugly as sin, talentless and retarded, but she has plenty of experience twirling up in the air and wearing... Let's call them "creative" costumes. Still the younger generation idolizes those two hood rats, so they would sell plenty of tickets.

How will she learn the part? She can't read.

Keke Palmer?

R4 😆

Keke Palmer is so pretty and seems cool but the way she speaks is annoying

I always thought Halle Berry was miscast as Storm. She didn't have the physique nor attitude for a superhero, IMO, and she was not regal. Storm must be regal! At the time, I was hoping for either Vanessa Williams (second choice) or (preferably) Angela Bassett.

Bassett famously turned it down. Superhero movies were a joke by the mid 90s and 00s.

Berry was fine but she was miscast because of her appearance. Storm isn’t biracial. She isn’t light brown. She’s a black woman from Africa!

Ugh, I could actually seeing them giving in.

They did Storm MAJORLY wrong already with Halle and she's a better actress.

R8, yeah that makes me sad cause Bassett could've done wonders with that role even if she was half-asleep.

They did Storm wrong with the young cast too.

I hope they won’t cast her. She’s not a good actress but is still better than Mariah Carey

Why bring up Mariah? She’s not asking for the part. Leave her alone.

Ruth Negga would be a good choice. Beyoncé sounds dumb when she speaks and is a terrible actress.

I think they should go with someone appropriate for the role this time, aka a darker complexion woman. Not a Halle Berry or Ruth Negga.

R9 that is hollywood’s idea of a the blackest a black woman should be

How about Lupita Nyongo .

Say what?

If Dominique Jackson learned how to act, she'd be excellent. But there's more to the part than prancing around, and acting like a cunt.

They should be subversive and give the part to an Asian actress.

Grace Jones in her prime would be the only actress who could do justice to the part. Certainly not a mediocrity like Beyonce.

What about Tina Turner in her prime (i.e., '80s comeback)?

Lupita Nyongo would be great.

You need someone who could look authoritative and powerful.

Lupita is too short for Storm at 5ft5. She needs to be statuesque like Iman or Beverly Johnson.

Storm would need to summon a hell of a lot of wind to get that fat ass off the ground.

Michelle Obama

I don’t know what that character is supposed to be.

But I’m guessing it’s not “pretty but fat marblemouth”

R21, while I do agree with the fact that Grace Jones had plenty of personality and charisma, it's also undeniable that she is mediocre at best as both an actress and singer. I agree with those who say that Angela Bassett would have been the best choice in 2000. Nowadays, R17: Lupita Nyongo would do a very good choice for this unimaginative rehashing... I mean, reboot.

I would like to see a really dark skinned actress who can really act like Jodie Turner-Smith or Michaela Coel in the part.

I think Jodie would be a good choice too. Was Alexandra Shipp really bad? I haven't watched the new ones properly.

If she does there will have be a lot of above the waist angles.

NOPE.

I always thought she was nothing more than meh until I heard her sing Moon River in that Tiffany commercial..It turns out she is even less than meh and just marginally talented singer

I wish Mariah would take the part. Her whistle notes would take the WORLD by STORM 😂

Bey is 40. Maybe she could play Storm’s mom?

Beyonce is a classic example of someone being a good singer, but having a hideous speaking voice. Justin Bieber is the same. They both sound terribly uneducated and slow when they speak.

R36 did they even finish high school? Both began performing professionally as teenagers.

And both have more money than you could ever imagine r37

R38 my mother say “ if you want to know what God thinks of money , just look at the people he gives it to”

R39 nice saying but also a bullshit one.

R40 it’s just fine and it makes the point that money does not give you depth, intelligence or real talent. I remember talking to someone and mentioning how Guy Fierri was selling awful , gross food to the American public and then telling me “ well he makes that paper” as if it meant he was so wonderful . Life’s not fair and trashy , vulgar idiots are rewarded for it.

R41 cool. Depends on what you find to be “intelligence”. Many of you claim you’re intelligent but most of the shit you say is anything but.

Some of the biggest morons I’ve ever met are from universities and colleges.

Things have reached a pretty pass

When someone pretty lower class

Graceless and vulgar, uninspired

Can be respected and admired!

God bless her heart, but Jodie Turner Smith cannot act a good God damn. She is not too little of a dunce if any of her interviews are to go by, either. "Black blonde" is what we call her in my house.

I beg you please stop hearing English accents and equating them with sense and talent having, especially vis a vis U.S racists and heap easily impressed ADOS behind the scensters not wanting to pay ADOS artistes their due and British Blacks, most without the juice that is prevalent in Black people , English , French, Spanish and Portuguese speaking that side of the Atlantic portraying ADOS/African Americans and most of them flopping, not even noticing that Americans move their mouths differently from UK people when they talk.

Only Idris Elba regularly and obviously the Americanized Black British actor Delroy Lindo note this phenomena hence them bringing the culture of emphasis non "loose jaw" , "back of the throat" chat to their playing Americans. Pray God not Jodie , as if America can't find a dark skin ADOS actress to play storm. If the non actress Zendaya can be allowed to flex , there has to be a dark skinned ADOS actress in the wings being ignored., but they didn't seem too hard to find 1930-1999, did they?

I read r44’s comment twice and still don’t understand.

I’d rather them get an unknown black actress from Africa.

[quote]Was Alexandra Shipp really bad?

Yes, she was. Zero presence, zero understanding of the character or her power.

R47 probably too busy banging James on set.

R47

I actually thought her portrayal of Storm was more accurate than Halle Berry, but that isn’t saying much.

Who the hell made these terrible casting choices? I hope Disney doesn’t mess it up.

There was worse casting in the XMen movies than Halle Berry. Since the first film in 2000 many people criticized Famke Janssen’s casting as Jean Grey. Many found Sir Ian Mckellan to be too old from the start for the role of Magneto. And then there was Anna Paquin, considered one of the biggest miscasting choices ever in a Superhero movie.

How many cows have to die for them to make shoes for Famke Janssen’s feets?

Storm was always one of my faves as a young gayling.

Beyoncé would suck.

Why does this overrated bitch keep getting propped up?

[Quote] Who the hell made these terrible casting choices?

Well Sophie Turner said she got the part because of her social media following.

[Quote] Many found Sir Ian Mckellan to be too old from the start for the role of Magneto. And then there was Anna Paquin, considered one of the biggest miscasting choices ever in a Superhero movie.

Ian was great as Magneto. And i liked Anna too, but she's nothing like the Rogue that i grew up with. Channing would have been a bust if that Gambit movie happened.

Ironically Anna Paquin’s Sookie characterization on True Blood was closer to Rogue than her Rogue was.

[quote] Storm isn’t biracial. She isn’t light brown. She’s a black woman from Africa!

Nerd alert: Storm is an AMERICAN! Born in NYC to a black American father and African mother, hence the name: Ororo MUNROE. Her parents were killed in Cairo, and she grew up on the streets there, then made her way to Kenya, so she does NOT have to be played by an African-dark actress. She DOES need to be played by someone capable of projecting regal dignity, and that ain’t Bey, plus she’s WAY too old.

Realistically, the odds of a black American father and African mother having a child the shade of Alexandra Shipp are, shall we say, low.

[quote]Grace Jones in her prime would be the only actress who could do justice to the part. Certainly not a mediocrity like Beyonce.

Exactly.

R55 Word.

R54 lol true.

Storm is African. She is dark-skinned. Halle never fit the role, she was too soft spoken and meek. Not fierce and tough like a storm goddess. Granted, Singer can't write women for shit. Angela Bassett, Iman or Naomi Campbell would have been better at the time. Beyoncé can't act. Never could. She's also too old now. Lupita Nyongo or Teyena Taylor I could see. Even Lizzo could work but she would need to be less obnoxious.

Acting isn’t a requirement in Marvel movies. We all know that.

Are her tits large enough?

Even the ever-delusional Beyhive recognizes that Beyonce is NOT an actress.

In the year of our Lord 2021 or later, Storm needs to be played by a dark-skinned black woman. PERIOD!

Coming 2 America had Kiki Layne and Nomzamo Mbatha who I could both see as Storm. Beyoncé had so many roles already and is overexposed. She's been in movies since her Destiny's Child days. Like Justin Timberlake, she can't act.

Halle Berry wasn't great in X-Men 1 but was fine in X2 and X3.

Alexandra Shipp never had the space to do anything.

However, in 2021 going forward when they cast Storm they will either use Alexandra again (which I doubt) or actually cast a dark skinned black woman.

(Although they absolutely better resign Anya Taylor Joy as Magik. She was the only good part of that horrible New Mutants movie.)

It's probably all nonsense anyway. People have been spreading this rumor since she dressed up as Storm for Halloween.

To the left, to the left...

It's the role Gaga was born to play.

(R68) I don’t think Storm is Russian with a bad wig.

Get a black woman who can act and has the body of a woman.

[quote] Storm is African. She is dark-skinned.

Oh, don’t start.

Hum...

R63 She's not a singer or a songwriter either.

Has anyone checked to see if Scarlett Johansson is available?

Beyonce should've never gotten that BBL. It'll be hard to take her seriously.

LOL@r74!

R61 what's that supposed to mean?

Is Tina still doing that House of Derriere fashion bullshit?

R78 Ivy Park is where it's at.

Beyonce already paid off B. Singer with 16 teen-boy vestal virgins for the role. It's a done deal!

Didn't Halle Berry win an Oscar for her performance as Storm?

R81 nope

Isn't she a little 'seasoned' to debut as a superhero at this point? She needs to settle into featured roles, such as Storm's mother, graciously like Angela Bassett did with Black Panther.

All I know is I want Storm's hair to be NATURAL this time out.

Contemporaries of Beyonce that would be better choices: Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Diana Ross, Ronnie Spector, Gloria Gaynor. Of course Tina Turner, but she's retired.

Halle Berry has grown a lot as an actress since she played that role. She also looks fine as Hell. So, I don't think she's necessarily too old at 55, when she looks like late 30s/early 40s. Storm should have a commanding presence, which I don't generally attribute to actors in their 20s, and even a lot in their 30s. I'd love to see her in the role again (provided the writing is good), just because she would bring an even greater depth.

But, I also understand the argument that the role should be cast with a darker complected woman.

Too bad that Anna Diop is obligated to Titans.

Halle Berry can't act, and neither can Beyonce, so obviously, thespian skills aren't really a consideration for this role.

Yes r88 but Beyonce REALLY can't act. She'd get rejected at a highschool play audition. And I'm not just being catty.