James McAvoy On Following In The Footsteps Of Patrick Stewart For X-Men: First Class!

James McAvoy On Following In The Footsteps Of Patrick Stewart For X-Men: First Class!

The actor talks about how he'll follow on in the footsteps of the last man who played Professor Xavier and reveals how he plans on putting his own personal mark on the character this time...

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By JoshWilding - Jan 24, 2011 11:01 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men: First Class
Source: Parade



On Following In Patrick Stewart's Footsteps:

"I've always kind of said that the point of doing prequels is showing who they were before they became the person we already know. Just to help validate the reason for making this movie, you have to make those characters very, very different."

"So, I'm always nervous because my character is a very different representation of who he becomes. But then the whole look and setting of the film is so removed as well. It's set in the sixties, the casting is very different. So hopefully that will help the fact that the characterizations are very, very different."


On How He Plans On Putting His Mark On X-Men: First Class:

"In the comic books, Professor X often has to put his hands to his temples. And I thought, 'Well, I'm going to do that.' I might be doing Patrick a disservice, but I don't think he did that in the other movies."


X-Men: First Class is set to be released on June 3, later this year!



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StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 1/24/2011, 12:09 PM
cool. Can't wait for trailer during Super Bowl
TheAceVinnyLee
TheAceVinnyLee - 1/24/2011, 12:10 PM
I'm actually excited to see his interpretation of Prof. X. And first!
TheAceVinnyLee
TheAceVinnyLee - 1/24/2011, 12:10 PM
Damnit, Critic! You trumped my first!
RyanTcone
RyanTcone - 1/24/2011, 12:12 PM
Seriously? This movie cant figure out if its a prequel or not and people are WONDERING if itll be bad?

The concept of a first class xmen team was absolutely ridiculous the second angel, cyclops, jean grey and iceman werent involved.
bleedthefreak
bleedthefreak - 1/24/2011, 12:16 PM
I am part of the [frick] fox group, but I will wait until a trailer before I determine if I will watch or not because I do like McAvoy.

Nice stuff @Josh
yeoldeemoney
yeoldeemoney - 1/24/2011, 12:17 PM
It will probably be an ok movie, but a terrible comic book movie.
TheAceVinnyLee
TheAceVinnyLee - 1/24/2011, 12:21 PM
It is a prequel, if you read the interview. He's talking about the struggles in showing an already established character's beginnings. Its not that easy to do. You have to show who they were, and what shaped them into who they become. This film has a good cast, a director with some hits(adn albeit some misses), and a premise we all enjoy. Nothing about the X-Men Mvoie-verse has screamed "comic book continuity", so everyone should get off their high horse and give it a shot. At least reserve judgement until the trailer.

And, if nothing else, if its terrible, Marvel can try and get the rights back. This is a win-win movie for fans.
BigG
BigG - 1/24/2011, 12:36 PM
[frick] FOX AND THERE [frick]ING SHIT CONTINUITY!
REALLY PISSING ME OFF THEY'RE VIOLATIN THE X-MEN SO BADLY, FAIR ENOUGH THE FIST 2 WERE GOOD, BUT FOX IS JUST DESTROYING THIS FRANCHISE! AHH!
HULK2099
HULK2099 - 1/24/2011, 12:38 PM
how will they explain the acent? because patrick stewart has a godly voice
Frogman
Frogman - 1/24/2011, 12:52 PM
Still gonna see this. I will judge it once i've seen it, not before.
AlcoholicA
AlcoholicA - 1/24/2011, 12:56 PM
Can't wait for the trailer. Not sure if the movie is gonna be good. But I'm curious as f[]ck. The whole "twilight" comment killed a lot of momentum for me.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/24/2011, 1:04 PM
can't wait for the trailer,i reckon i'm gonna laugh more than i did when i was watching the green hornet.
ManThing
ManThing - 1/24/2011, 1:05 PM
lol @ teabag

I'm getting a little tired of hearing about this
continuezero
continuezero - 1/24/2011, 1:06 PM
@grif k man I gotta ask...why don you always post that video? I assume it's an epic fail kinda trademark but I see ya post it al over the site. Haha...gotta ask..
jbak368
jbak368 - 1/24/2011, 1:21 PM
I'm still looking forward to this movie. In fact, I was watching X3 again the other day, and y'know what? If you take it strictly in the context of the first two movies and divorce it entirely from the idea of following the comics, it's actually pretty good. Maybe better than the first one. It's still got some pretty big flaws, but there's a lot of really good shit in there too. I love that they stick Magneto with the cure - that's a plotline I'd love to see developed, and it was a great way to bring it full circle from what he did to Senator Kelley.
GrimeKid
GrimeKid - 1/24/2011, 2:07 PM
@Tea & @Intruder
Don't wanna ruin it for you guys but...
flames809
flames809 - 1/24/2011, 2:09 PM
movie sounds cool this movie is gonna be epic
flames809
flames809 - 1/24/2011, 2:12 PM
intruder so thats y u trashing first class cause u have a crush on mcavoy? make a lot of sense know.
flames809
flames809 - 1/24/2011, 2:17 PM
inturder- re-read it mcavoy lover.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 1/24/2011, 2:35 PM
I wont even spend the 5$ for a bootleg. Waiting for the 1$ redbox, and if I feel it's like Jonah Hex I wont even do that.
jbak368
jbak368 - 1/24/2011, 2:39 PM
@ MovieTheaterLad

Glad to see there's some reasonable people out there.
Growler
Growler - 1/24/2011, 2:47 PM
I wonder if McAvoy will prove to be as good an eyebrow actor as Roger Moore.
hewilldefytheirgravity
hewilldefytheirgravity - 1/24/2011, 3:20 PM
@RyanTcone: I agree with you 100%! They should have gone with the original five X-Men! Freakin Fox Studios!
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 1/24/2011, 3:55 PM
Footsteps??? Shouldn't he mean coasters? Or tracks? Or wheels?
GrimeKid
GrimeKid - 1/24/2011, 4:28 PM
@Teatruder I'll admit, when he's tryin to look sexy he just ends up looking like a nob.
But it is really difficult finding a pic of him raising one brow.
If you want a pic of The Rock raising one brow, there's shit loads of 'em, but McAvoy... only one.(to my knowledge)

--=d{-_-}b=--
RyanTcone
RyanTcone - 1/24/2011, 5:07 PM
I cant think of a single good thing surrounding this movie, characters involved are terrible, hellfire club as villains is terrible, saying its a prequal yet not taking into account age or the clear mathematical effect this movie has on the timeline compared to the previous 3 films?

I had this bowel movement when I woke up and before I flushed I looked and thought "wow, yknow, I think this couldve made a better xmen film".
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 1/24/2011, 5:45 PM
Sounds like (frick)ing Twilight!!
Vital
Vital - 1/24/2011, 9:49 PM
Tea and Intruder are destroying people on here haha. Too funny. The thing I like the most about you two is that these people will try to come back with something they think is snappy or clever and they don't even come close to being humorous. After one of you wipes the floor with their comment, those people's responses are like, "well... you.. suck! Got you good [frick]er! Damn I'm good." lol
DiLusso
DiLusso - 1/25/2011, 3:11 AM
Guason @

love it
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 1/25/2011, 6:58 AM
Go and [frick] yourself FIST A$$! ; P
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