FARGO's Rachel Keller Will Play The Female Lead In FX's LEGION TV Series

FARGO's Rachel Keller Will Play The Female Lead In FX's LEGION TV Series

Here we have our first bit of casting news for FX's X-Men spin-off TV series, Legion. 23-year-old Rachel Keller will play the unnamed female lead, who might just have very similar powers to Rogue!

By MarkCassidy - Jan 05, 2016 01:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Legion
Source: Deadline

Deadline reports that Fargo season 2 standout Rachel Keller will rejoin showrunner Noah Hawley for his X-Men spin-off, Legion. The main character will of course be troubled mutant David Haller, but Keller has been cast as the mysterious female lead. All we have to go on is that she's "a scrappy, optimistic woman in her 20s," and will demonstrate powers that are "tied to human touch", much like X-Men mainstay, Rogue.

Any ideas? Hawley wrote the pilot and will also executive produce with Bryan Singer, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, writer/producer Simon Kinberg and Marvel TV’s Jeph Loeb. We also have our first synopsis (of a sort) for Legion below.


Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David Haller has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.
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Scorpo
Scorpo - 1/5/2016, 1:25 PM
Ok?
Salemdog
Salemdog - 1/5/2016, 1:29 PM
Of course not to be confused with the SYFY series
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/5/2016, 1:33 PM
She's hot. Reminds me of Kristine Leahy.

NegativeNerd
NegativeNerd - 1/5/2016, 1:34 PM
It would be cool if she was actually Rogue. She would do a much better job that Paquin did. *shrudders*
NegativeNerd
NegativeNerd - 1/5/2016, 1:35 PM
@blackandyellow thats racist!
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 1/5/2016, 1:36 PM
YESSSSS! Fargo is [frick]ing awesome.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/5/2016, 1:46 PM
She's great on Fargo. She's damn fine too
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/5/2016, 1:49 PM
This show has great potential with the Fargo showrunner running things.

Legion is verrry intriguing. Always loved the trippy and crazed atmosphere of his character
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/5/2016, 1:50 PM
Good question, Gus. Perhaps the headline can provide some clues ...

"FARGO's Rachel Keller Will Play The Female Lead In FX's LEGION TV Series"
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/5/2016, 1:52 PM
@GliderMan I thought Fox had stated it won't connect to the films. It'll be separate like how DC is doing it...maybe I'm mistaken
FishyZombie
FishyZombie - 1/5/2016, 1:52 PM
Fargo is the shit. She was pretty good in her relatively limited role.
McGee
McGee - 1/5/2016, 1:53 PM
Yeah, but what channel is it gonna be on?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/5/2016, 1:55 PM
It's gonna be on FX
McGee
McGee - 1/5/2016, 1:55 PM
Like...what number? Channel one through ten. Where are they showing this?
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 1/5/2016, 1:56 PM
@ComicsBornAndBred

Thought I read in an interview that it's loosely connected to the film universe. I'll have to do some digging but I think it is connected
JJHatt
JJHatt - 1/5/2016, 1:56 PM
Daniel Radcliffe as David Haller
Potato
Potato - 1/5/2016, 2:01 PM
Hmm. Gorgeous, but still apprehensive about anything from Fox-Men.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/5/2016, 2:04 PM
SPOILER ALERT!

She was great on Fargo... kinda bummed that her prick of an Uncle killed her.
McGee
McGee - 1/5/2016, 2:08 PM
I'm 52 percent sure Bon soire is Gusto's code word to go on ahead and plant my face to B&Y's crotch. Let's do this.
newmutantsRETURNS
newmutantsRETURNS - 1/5/2016, 2:09 PM
Not a big fan of the Legion character but ill give it a 4 episode try....
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/5/2016, 2:09 PM
@GliderMan if you day so, but how the [frick] are gonna establish Xavier had a son? That's gonna be something to see; how they handle that
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/5/2016, 2:10 PM
@ALegendaryPanda you may be right. Interested to see how they establish Xavier has a son and what not.
Hulksta
Hulksta - 1/5/2016, 2:12 PM
She sort of strikes me as Rachel Summers but that's all I got.
Scorpo
Scorpo - 1/5/2016, 2:17 PM
Wait how many X-Men shows are there gonna be? Thought this was all rumor? What did I miss?
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