Lost actor/model Josh Holloway is set to play Gambit in the upcoming X-Men 4 movie.  Holloway plays bad boy Sawyer on the hit ABC TV show Lost.

The film’s producer Lauren Schuler Donner tells Moviehole, “Remember in Lost? There was a guy in there that was the perfect Gambit, the guy with the straight hair, good-looking, the bad boy… Sawyer. The reason we didn’t use Gambit was because in a sense his persona is a bit like Wolverine in that he’s got attitude and his power is not quite as exciting as the others.

“That’s why we went to Nightcrawler on 2 because he looked different than everybody else and he had a great power. So yes, I think we would weave Gambit within our story, (but) it wouldn’t be The Gambit Movie”.

Gambit has the special power to charge up things with engergy causing them to explode.  There will be no Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, or Ian McKellen in the fourth movie volume of the comic book series.

Josh Holloway as Sawyer and the rest of the LOST cast return October 4th for the season premiere.