Jessica Biel to Cross Hugh Jackman as Viper in ‘The Wolverine’

I’m going to keep this short and sweet.  According to Deadline it looks like Jessica Biel is going to be playing Viper in James Mangold‘s upcoming X-Men Origins sequel, The Wolverine.  Viper is a notorious female villain and one that works with the Silver Samurai in certain story arcs so, as you can imagine, she will be partnering with Will Yun Lee at some point to battle against Hugh Jackman, better known as Wolverine.

While I do think Jessica Biel can be hit or miss when it comes to her acting, there is no doubt that physically speaking she could nail this role.  She has the body, has been in action films before such as Blade: Trinity, and is a hard worker.  I’m feeling good about this casting choice, this surprise character addition, and am glad to see everything is coming together smoothly since Aronofsky dropped the project.