Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Actress May Be Viper In The Wolverine

‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ Actress May Be Viper In ‘The Wolverine’

By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2012 11:30 am EST

Now Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova, who hasn’t been in many English-language films but did have a prominent role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (as pictured above), is reported to be the new choice.

Twitch has the news, and points out that Khodchenkova is a seemingly better choice than Biel, if only because her own background makes her a good fit for Viper, a Hungarian orphan adopted and trained by the HYDRA organization. In Marvel’s comics continuity, Viper is at one point assigned to kill Mariko Yashida, who happens to be the woman that Wolverine is in love with in the story that inspired Christopher McQuarrie’s script for this film.

The Wolverine also features Hiroyuki Sanada, Hal Yamanouchi, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, and Will Yun Lee as Viper paramour the Silver Samurai, and is meant to start shooting next month. The film will hit theaters July 26, 2013.