The actor, who has a leading role as Professor Charles Xavier in June's X-Men: First Class, was quizzed by The Wall Street Journal at the premiere of his latest movie The Conspirator last night about his role in the movie and his longtime love of the characters.
"I was a fan of the X-Men cartoon growing up as a teenager," McAvoy said.
"The first couple of movies as well were really good, but I never read the comic books cause we didn’t get them in my country."
Interesting how he mentions that only the first couple of movies were good, eh? Of course, he's not wrong when you compare them to
X-Men: The Last Stand and
X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but here's hoping that this also means that the upcoming prequel will definitely have nothing to do with either of them! That's not to say he's not looking forward to putting his own stamp on the X-Men movie universe:
"That’s why I like being an actor. You get to change what you do everyday."
So, who is his favourite X-Man? It's not Professor Xavier anyway!
"Gambit," he revealed.
"Gambit was my favorite character."
X-Men: First Class is set to be released on June 3, later this year!
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