Jessica Biel is in negotiations to play Viper in The Wolverine. Biel will play the friend-turned-foe of the character, played by Hugh Jackman. By day, she is known as Victoria, the secretary for the corrupt minister of justice, but by night, she becomes Viper, working for a man who hopes to control a ninja society called “The Hand.”
She is also the lover of the Silver Samurai. Biel joins a cast that already includes at Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hal Yamanouchi, Rila Fukushima and Tao Okamoto.
Fox will release the pic July 26, 2013.
