A comic dubbing of the 2018 limited series Mr. and Mrs. X, written by Kelly Thompson.
Rogue and Gambit have been the X-Men's signature on-again-off-again couple for what feels like forever. When a surprise opportunity to get married pops up, they jump at the opportunity to tie the knot. However, their married life is off to a bumpy start as a Shi'ar crisis, Mojoworld mayhem, and a restless Thieves Guild interrupt their lives. Will they be able to withstand these challenges, or was the prospect of a peaceful and happy marriage just too good to be true?
As you can see, there are a lot of roles that need to be filled. In fact, this is only half of them!
Everyone is welcome to audition, and is encouraged to audition for as many roles as they would like.
We recommend reading the comic before you audition, but that is by no means a requirement and will not affect your ability to be cast.
We have included issue numbers and line counts for each character to give you an idea of the level of commitment each role has. The line counts are determined by comic speech bubbles, so some longer monologues may have been counted as multiple lines.
If you have any questions, or would like help finding a way to read the comic, feel free to reach out to me here or on discord (my username is distressedpidgeon).
Break legs and happy auditioning!
Hello friends!
I've reopened the project and added some more roles. If you see a role you auditioned for still open, don't freak out. We're still deliberating over that character.
Please feel free to audition for any role you still see open!
Remy LeBeau. Spitfire newlywed of the X-Men who just wants to relax with his wife but Everything Keeps Getting In The Way.
Issues 1-12
~ 630 lines
You wound me, rogue. like it's my first day blowing up deadpool? 'Course, him making out wit' you dat time an' crashing my honeymoon makes me wanna blow him up a bit extra.
Rogue, you fly this ship like I know you were born to. We got no weapons so wade an' I gon' take care of this from the inside.
I know you, and after what happened you're gon' try to push me away as hard as you can. And with dat super-strength of yours, it'll be real hard. And i'm telling ya right now. I'm not havin' it. Isn't "better or worse" in those wedding vows for a reason? You promised you'd always find your way back to me. an' i'm holding you to that, Rogue. right now.
Merc with a mouth. Antagonizes the newly weds on their honeymoon.
Issue 1-3
~100 lines
Really? You’re just gonna let him blow me up after all I’ve done for– oh, come on!
You know, like cajun spices… plus you seem old, like an old man. Super old. Impotent, past your prime. And not at all handsome. At all.
It's gonna be hard to forget that late at night between the sheets, ain't it? I mean, not for me. I'm into it. But I'm a man of particular tastes. I sense you like a more traditional-looking girl. What with your obscene good looks, you probably don't go as much for the weird stuff. Me? The weirder the better. Even that super-creepy baby couldn't handle it.
Showmaster of the Mojoverse. Literally the worst.
Issue 6-8, 10
~77 lines
Is marrying off your leads really the death knell everyone claims?! Why are they upside down again? Have the writers run out of ideas?! And what are these crocodiles a metaphor for, anyway? Sins of the past?! A doomed future?! Sexual frustration?! Or maybe they are just crocodiles?!
Pfft. noir! How dull! Well, it will have to do! Maybe we'll dress it up a bit! Perhaps I'll even throw in a clown just to keep them on their toes!
I want the ratings that only that hot hot heat can bring! I need a famous X-Couple, and these two are the only damn X-Couple that's currently alive and together and popular! In a recent social media poll Gambit and Rogue ranked numbers six and eight! Six and eight! Those are excellent numbers! I can work with those numbers. This is my X-Couple, Spiral! So get on board or I'll exile you again...
The daughter of Charles Xavier and Lilandra, she is the key to the throne of the Shi'ar Empire.
Issue 3-5
~68 lines
Okay! I am going to make myself look like that really big imperial guard that has got the little one on his back! It is like having a built-in best friend, I bet. It seems nice.
Rogue… People are getting hurt… because of me. And if they get me… I– I don't know what will happen.
Can I tell you something good? You are not broken. When I looked in your head to see what went wrong… it is not broken, it is... evolved. I think… I think you just have to learn to control it now.
Caretaker of the egg, trusted by Lilandra with it's safety before her passing.
Issue 2-5
~45 lines
I have been keeping an eye on her for so long, looking after her as I once did Lilandra. I cannot believe I missed it...is she...she is okay?
You will be going into a "lion den," I believe the earth phrase was? and a place i cannot go, for they are already hunting me for taking the egg in the first place.
Well, you cannot very well go undercover to find Xandra in the middle of Chandilar looking like that. They may not know the faces of X-Men as well as mine, but you still would not make it far.
Benefactress of the Assassins and Thieves Guilds, seemingly back from the dead (as a middle schooler?)
Issue 11, 12
~44 lines
Maybe it's because you're not welcome, Gambit. Maybe you're the enemy now. You've always been so arrogant though. Perhaps that thought never crossed your mind?
You can choose to sacrifice your shiny new wife, thus ending your life with the X-Men. And as a reward I will bestow on you great power and ensure that thieves and assassins both will embrace you as their one true king for now and always. Or you can choose to sacrifice your ex-wife Belladonna, in which case your "reward" will be permanent exile from your family, the guilds, and New Orleans.
Gambit's ex-wife, leader of the assassins guild.
Issue 6, 11, 12
~41 lines
Good ta see me? What, your ex-wife don' rate a wedding invite, Remy?
I'm gon' assume you're bein' dense cause you don' want to face the truth, Remy. That fight you jus' had was all about you marrying the princess o' all tings good an' honorable.
I ain't no thief. I lead the assassins guild, remy. I'll try my best ta stay outta it for as long as I can, but you best get your house in order. Assassins guild see weakness in your guild, it's gon' be hard to stop them from making a play.
Bobby Drake. Wedding guest and partygoer, he's enlisted by Rogue to help prep for the engagement party.
Issues 1 and 6
~29 lines
I'm gonna do it because you're being very bossy and intimidating, but I'd like to clarify that my butt is not icy. I mean… it is, but only when I want it to be.
I just want to go on the record. I'm not on the girl team because I'm gay, but because I don't want to be on team Gambit. What’s your excuse?
Leader of the X-Men, tired of Gambit and Rogue's antics.
Issue 1, 3, 6
~27 lines
You think I don't know Carol Danvers' number? I know she and Alpha Flight loaned you the ship.
...who is that? And why are people naked on that ship every time I talk to you? Are there no pants in space?!
If I had to guess… she's got intense telepathic powers and is doing some kind of mirroring for survival.
Gambit's father, trying to look out for his son.
Issue 6, 10, 12
~20 lines
‘Fraid I can’t stay. I’m jus’ here ta warn ya… you ‘bout t’be attacked.
Absolutely not. Tante Mattie will flay me alive if I let you leave wit'out least showing your faces. I know you can spare an hour.
Sister of Lilandra, currently the leader of the Shi'ar Rebellion.
Issue 3, 4
~17 lines
I'm sure by now you know it's an egg, not "a package." And it's all we need to give the rebellion the legitimacy it needs. The Shi'ar Empire will stand with me if I have Lilandra's progeny at my side and ready to become Majestor or Majestrix of the empire. Gladiator is no true Majestor.
This isn’t over, X-Man.
ATTACK! FOR THE FATE OF THE EMPIRE, GIVE NO QUARTER! IF WE HAVE THE EGG WE HAVE THE EMPIRE!
A wedding guest and party goer!
Issue 1, 6
~14 lines
I've never seen you this anxious. Would you like me to stab you? Give you something to focus on?
Beast, get your fuzzy claws off that last pink one, it’s mine.
Hank McCoy. Wedding guest and partygoer. Tries to develop a better inhibitor collar for Rogue.
Issue 1 and 6
~13 lines
Hmmm. Gee. I wonder why mutants don't spend a lot of time perfecting technology designed to suppress their mutant powers. What a conundrum. I feel like the reason is right on the tip of my tongue…
After our conversation at your wedding, I moved "developing a better power inhibitor collar" up my to-do list. When I heard what happened to you in space… with your powers… I moved it to the top of the list.
Television star in the Mojoverse, plays a complicated prince to Rogue's complicated princess.
Issue 7-8
~13 lines
Bear this enchanted sleep no more… With true love's kiss I shall wake thee, beloved.
I’m not worried. Things have a habit of falling my way.
Mojo's brown noser underling.
Issue 7, 8
~12 lines
Really, your globulousness? It appears to have the “hot hot heat” you said you craved.
Spiral may be right, your mountain of mercilessness. I know you've had romance come into your life lately and are thus inclined toward a love story but perhaps--
His spineless-ness is correct. People claim to hate a love triangle, but in the end, they buy more, talk more and invest more as soon as you give them one.
Wedding guest. She helps Rogue find an inhibitor collar to help control her powers on her wedding day.
Issue 1
~11 lines
Also, we have to hurry, because you promised I wouldn't miss the cake.
I mean… you're marrying Remy LeBeau. I wouldn't bet on it.
The master of magnetism. He stops by the engagement party at Rogue's request to help her talk through her concerns about her powers.
Issue 6
~11 lines
"Dark side" is a matter of opinion. You and I have never agreed on this point and likely never will.
Rogue. That man is not going anywhere. Talk to him.
Rogue's mom, she shows up at the wedding unexpectedly.
Issue 1
~10 lines
I.. I want only the best for you, Rogue. I may have gone about that in… questionable ways in the past, but it's still all I've ever wanted for you. the best.
Are you absolutely certain I can't interest you in a different groom?
A wedding guest, she takes charge when the wedding has a sudden change of bride and groom.
Issue 1 and 6
~9 lines
Something old! We need something old. People! Focus! Focus!
But they can't be borrowed! That's a different one!
A commanding member of the Shi'ar royal guard. Fights Rogue and Gambit for custody of the egg.
Issue 1-4
~9 lines
I am afraid we are going to need your ship, X-Men.
Better it is destroyed than fall into the wrong hands again, X-Man. Our orders are clear. Shoot it down, Astra.
Remy's Tante, whom they visit at the end of the series.
Issue 12
~9 lines
I'm not usually the kind to push a thing on a sweet young couple… But as punishment for the lack of visits… an' lack of wedding invite… I'm gon' go ahead an' ask when I can expect to hear the pitter-patter of little feet? Soon?
Wedding guest and partygoer.
Issue 1 and 6
~8 lines
Give her a moment. It is her wedding day, after all. Women have things they must do.
(To Beast) I did not forget. (To Gambit, softer) I completely forgot.
Shi'ar soldier sympathetic to the resistance.
Issue 3, 5
~8 lines
This is turning into a debacle of a very high order, Cerise.
Leader of the Starjammers. Space pirate. Father of Cyclops and Havok.
Issue 4
~8 lines
Hey, lovebirds! We got imperial guard trouble– And from the looks of it, it’s almost all of them!
Sir, w-what are you doing? Are you trying to steal our treasure?
No sir. We need freedom. Freedom from mojo... Freedom to be our own people, to find our own way.
Kurt Wagner. Rogue's brother, he attends her wedding and the engagement party.
Issue 1 and 6
~6 lines
I'm her brother, Bobby. And I also don't want to be team Gambit.
Member of Technet, after the egg.
Issue 2
~5 lines
You x-fools don't sell on the black market. What are you even doing here?!
Wasn't gonna be worth the trouble anyway. Word is out on that egg, X-Man everything in the Shi'ar galaxy is coming for it… You’re gonna get creamed.
Majestor of the Shi'ar Empire.
Issue 3
~5 lines
You not only failed to return the egg to me, but also failed to destroy it when you lost control. And it is now likely in the hands of two highly motivated x-men. this is the failure you have returned to convey to me?
A cardinal thief trying to steal Bishop's crown.
Issue 11
~5 lines
We have a perfect opportunity now...one dat may never come again. But if we don' act now, an' decisively, an' as one, den we will have wasted it. The X-Men are dead. Gambit is dead. Our time is now.
Time traveling X-Man who attends the wedding and engagement party.
Issue 1 and 6
~4 lines
I bet Rogue's team isn't talking about stabbing her. And thus, I definitely picked the right side.
Helps the listener through the story by reading location titles, character information, and other descriptors. We're thinking something like the "next time on..." voice from Saturday morning cartoons (or the Smash Bros announcer voice. We don't know yet. Send both!).
Issues 1-12
Line amount TBD
Rogue, a complicated princess. And Longshot, her complicated prince. …And Gambit, king of thieves. See? Complicated.
Mojoworld. The real one.
Next time: “And The Fire Went Wild”
A guard for the Shi’ar Empire.
Issue 4
~4 lines
The majestor of the Shi’ar Empire does not bend to your simple will, Terran welp. He has far more pressing concerns than two stray X-Men.
A guard for the Shi’ar Empire.
Issue 4
~3 lines
Ugh. Terran emotions are repulsive. They are no more than animals.
Member of the Assassins Guild.
Issue 11 & 12
~4 lines
Are you kidding me? We’re assassins! Precision is what we do!
Member of the Shi’ar Imperial guard.
Issue 1 & 2
~3 lines
She must have absorbed my power and phased out of the ship.
Member of the Technet, calls Gatecrasher “mother”
Issue 2
~3 lines
Mother?
Member of the Thieves Guild.
Issue 6
~3 lines
Seems de wife’s lost a step or two from what we heard. Maybe marriage don’ agree wit’ her.
Bad guy in Mojo’s noir universe.
Issue 7
~3 lines
Not bad, pretty boy, but you just don’t have the numbers. You’re overwhelmed.
