The star of the 2013 film Oldboy was cast as a Marvel Comics character. He was cast as Cable in the X-Men universe.
 In April 2017, Brolin was cast as Nathan Summers / Cable as a part of a four-film contract in the "X-Men" film series, with his first appearance intended to be in "Deadpool 2". 
Cable (Nathan Summers) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with X-Force and the X-Men. 
 It was directed by Spike Lee and written by Mark Protosevich, the film stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley. 
