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Karate Kid star Ben Wang in talks to play Iceman in Marvel’s new X-Men film

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“Karate Kid star Ben Wang in talks to play Iceman in Marvel’s new X-Men film”

Dubai: Marvel Studios may have found its Iceman. Ben Wang, star of Karate Kid: Legends and The Long Walk, is in talks to play Bobby Drake, better known as Iceman, in Marvel's upcoming X-Men film, The Wrap reported, following an initial report by Deadline. Who is Iceman? Iceman is one of the five original X-Men and first appeared in The X-Men #1 in 1963. He's a mutant who can generate ice and freeze his opponents. In Fox's earlier X-Men films, the role was played by Shawn Ashmore, whose last…

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