Billie Eilish has been in the public consciousness since 2019, and though she has a lucrative music career, it’s possible that she could be looking to actually get in front of the camera for movies.
According to a recent rumor from insider Daniel RPK (via @marvel_update3s) Marvel Studios is currently interested in casting Eilish in a ‘big role’ for the MCU. No details have been revealed, but a rumor is going out that they want her to play X-Men member Rogue.
For context, the only other live-action actress to play Rogue was Anna Paquin in Bryan Singer’s original X-Men. Though she was kind of coded as an edgy teen in those films, it wasn’t until the animated X-Men: Evolution where Rogue went full goth and changed the lives of every 12-year-old millennial.
Though Eilish has proven herself as a solid musical performer, her acting chops are yet to be tested; but a role as the new Rogue for an X-Men reboot could work—especially if they want to have her be influenced a more contemporary version of the character. I don’t think Eilish is equipped to do a Rogue inspired by the 90s version complete with the Southern accent and big hair; but she’s very much welcome to try.
Personally, I loved the fancasting of Keke Palmer (Nope) as Rogue, complete with big hair and Southern background, but at this point, Palmer may be too old to pull off a teenage version of the character.
To be fair, Eilish would be an interesting bit of casting, but I think there are other (more experienced) young actresses who could pull the character off.
For now, Marvel has no release date for the X-Men reboot.
