Alice Eve Enrolls in X-Men: First Class

Verge alumna Alice Eve was at one point up for the female lead in Captain America, but now she's getting some actual superpowers to play with, as Movieline's sister site Deadline reports that the London native is negotiating to play the telepathic Emma Frost in Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class. Between the overseas names cast (James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender) and those at one time rumored (Aaron Johnson, Rosamund Pike), I'm starting to wonder if Vaughn should change the titular X to a U.K. [Deadline]