TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 11: Lauren Tsai attends Dior's The Art of Color Press Preview on April 11, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images for Dior)

Lauren Tsai Lands Role in FX’s Legion Season 3

January 9, 2019

Lauren Tsai lands role in FX’s Legion season 3

According to Variety, 20-year-old model-artist Lauren Tsai has been cast in the third season of FX’s drama series Legion. She is set to portray the character of Switch, a young mutant whose secret ability serves as the key to executing David Haller’s plan. This series will mark Tsai’s acting debut.

Based on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, Legion follows the story of David Haller (Dan Stevens), a man who believed he was schizophrenic but discovered he might be the most powerful mutant in the world. With help from a team of specialists, David harnessed his unique abilities and learned he’d been haunted by a malicious parasite. Now, David is all that stands in the way of Amahl Farouk (Navid Negahban) from attaining infinite and world-ending power.

The series stars Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Katie Aselton, Jean Smart, Navid Negahban, Jemaine Clement and Hamish Linklater.

Noah Hawley serves as Executive Producer, along with John Cameron, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory. Legion is the latest project from Hawley and Cameron, two of the executive producers of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning FX anthology series Fargo. Legion is produced by FX Productions and Marvel Television, with FXP handling the physical production.

Season 3 is expected to premiere sometime this year.

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