Seems like the only person talking about a potential sequel to the Summer smash hit
X-Men: First Class has been Michael Fassbender, who has said on more then one occasion that he, James McAvoy, and Matthew Vaughn have talked about idea where to take the character of Professor X and Magneto. McAvoy recently sat down with
io9 to talk about where he would like to see Professor X go in a sequel, if he is willing to even do a sequel, and says that he and Matthew Vaughn have spoken on an idea that Vaughn is pitching to Fox.
I don't know where we find Erik — it's kind of defined at the end of the film that he's a bad guy. I can't really speak for him, but I know that with Charles, you either have to write him out of the movie or give him an interesting story. He can't just become the guy that we saw in the first three movies. He just had two major things happen to him. He's lost his best friend, essentially, and he's just been paralyzed from the waist down. Which is just a huge, huge blow to his considerable ego. So he's got to deal with that.
And I don't think we can just brush over that and go, "yeah I'm in a wheelchair now," because Professor X is in a wheelchair. You've got to deal with that, I don't care if he's a superhero and has brain powers or not, he's just had a huge part of his physical life taken away from him, by someone he cares about more than anyone else. So he's got to deal with that. That's part of the interesting ideas that we're talking about with Matthew [Vaughn], that Matthew's very excited about which I think is fantastic, but I can't really get into them with you because they may (or may not) form the spine of the story.
On if he would like to be and if he has signed on for the sequel:
I would definitely like to be in the sequel, but the truth as well that I'm bound to be in the sequel by a contract that says we do three films. So if Fox decides we're doing it, then I don't have a choice. But I would still like to, I had a great time with Matthew and Michael, that was a great threesome to work with and really sort of carve out a new beginning for those two characters. So hopefully we'll have the same kind of joy on the set. The good thing is, I don't think Fox is rushing into it just because it did well. They want to make sure they get a good script, because if you can't get a good story there's no point in doing it. It can be a stand-alone film if we can't figure out a good story.
On there being a lot of story left for Charles:
That's what Matthew is talking about, he's come up with a particularly interesting idea, last time I spoke with him. So he's pitching that to Fox, and they've basically just got to write the scrip.
Sounds to me like all we are waiting for if for the studio to green light the idea that Vaughn has come up with. Where would you like to see the characters go? Give your thoughts in the comment boxes below. If you haven't already go pick up your copy of
X-Men: First Class TODAY!!!!