Award Winning Actress and Singer Leslie Uggams announced via her official website that she has been cast in the upcoming Deadpool movie set for release from 20th Century Fox.

Uggams will play the role of Blind Al an intelligence agent with ties to the Captain America universe, which immediately begs the question of how 20th Century Fox got the part away from Marvel Studios. In the comics, Blind Al eventually becomes a target of Deadpool’s.