Maisie Williams is Wolfsbane in the X-Men spinoff New Mutants
Fox is doubling down on recruiting the Stark family for its long-running X-Men franchise, with news coming today that Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams has been cast in the role of Rahne “Wolfsbane” Sinclair in the studio’s New Mutants. The young adult-focused spinoff is being helmed by The Fault In Our Stars director Josh Boone, who presumably knows his way around outsider teenagers trying to find their way in the world. For example: As her name suggests, Wolfsbane’s mutant power is basically that she’s a werewolf, something Williams should be accustomed to after several years as the frequently feral Arya Stark. (Meanwhile, her TV-series sister, Sophie Turner, also recently joined the wider X-Men franchise, signing on for the part of Jean Grey in the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse.)