THE GIFTED Casts Grace Byers as The Black Queen!
We have some major casting news to report today for next season of X-Men: The Gifted on Fox. Fox has cast Empire actress, ‘Grace Byers‘ for the role of The Hellfire Clubs ‘Black Queen‘! For the latest on this move check out the details and photo below and let us know what you think of the casting choice AFTER THE JUMP! The Gifted will air This Fall on Fox!
Byers will play Reeva Payge, also known as the Hellfire Club’s Black Queen. This small-screen take on the villain is described as:
“a smart, charming, authoritative, elegant, beautiful woman who is ruthless in her efforts to fight for her people. She leads an elite band of followers and has a soft spot for her new recruits, but is still capable of extreme violence in defence of her vision.”
Payge will align herself with Emma Dumont’s Polaris, Percy Hynes White’s Andy Strucker and the Frost sisters played by Skyler Samuels.