James McAvoy Talks About His Predecessor Patrick Stewart!

James McAvoy Talks About His Predecessor Patrick Stewart!

The actor set to play Charles Xavier in the X-Men: First Class prequel has talked about his predecessor Patrick Stewart, as well as giving some more detail on the frustation of having telepathic powers.

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By Lansdowne5 - Jan 26, 2011 06:01 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men: First Class
Source: MTV



MTV News recently spoke to James McAvoy about taking over the role of Charles Xavier from Sir Patrick Stewart.


On having met Patrick Stewart before:

"Once I was very lucky to receive an award and he handed it to me... Which was nice because not only am I playing the young version of him in 'X-Men,' I’m just a fan of his from 'Star Trek' and David Lynch’s 'Dune' ... and lots of things."


On his impressions of Stewart (see the video above!):

"I love doing Patrick Stewart... It’s all I can do not to do an impression of him while I’m making the movie as well."


On whether Stewart's performance influenced his own portrayal:

"It did inform what I’m doing, in the way that we’re doing a lot of the opposite. So that by the time the movie ends or a sequel might end or whatever, you find that he has come toward who he is in those other movies but he’s got to be a very different person. He’s definitely on the path to becoming Chuck Xavier."


On whether his mutant powers were fun to play in comparison to those of his fellow co-stars:

“No, unfortunately. They would be in real life, but as an actor, performing them, it’s not cool.

Everybody else is hanging off wires, back flipping off the walls and stuff, and I’m going [demonstrates his "power," with his right hand at his temple, and a serious expression staring off into distance]... I’m so satisfied right now.. I’m so fulfilled..."


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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 1/26/2011, 7:01 AM
All I can say is...



: p
Angelus
Angelus - 1/26/2011, 7:20 AM
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/26/2011, 7:20 AM
@ leee777

stop f*cking complaining,you know what this site is like you can't hate anything you've got to like everything.

f*ck it,f*ck this piece of dog crap movie.

@ teabag

B(.Y.)BS! where are the pictures you're abit slow. :D

@ angelus

that would never happen,darth vader has got his shit together. :)
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 1/26/2011, 8:02 AM
TEA @ MARVEL72 @ Hahahahaha!

You saw that article then LOL? ; D


Damn we lost connection there for a bit! : P
flames809
flames809 - 1/26/2011, 8:10 AM
lol funny interview, and seems like he really having fun on set, and that hes liking his role.
flames809
flames809 - 1/26/2011, 8:15 AM
earz-ftw?
flames809
flames809 - 1/26/2011, 8:24 AM
tea- im lost man.
spidey1994
spidey1994 - 1/26/2011, 8:35 AM
OK, he's Patrick Stewart impression was [frick]ing awesome lol
yeoldeemoney
yeoldeemoney - 1/26/2011, 8:36 AM
What the f*** do YOU do? Apparently, he (McAvoy) does good impressions.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/26/2011, 8:43 AM
NEED TO SEE SOME FOOTAGE
rolanddeschain
rolanddeschain - 1/26/2011, 8:47 AM
'Chuck' Xavier?! what is he, peppermint patty talking about Charlie Brown? lol

Is he going to be bald in this movie? doesn't appear that he will, and that would be really irritating to see xavier with hair. Patrick Stewart was just born to be Xavier, looks like him, voice is perfect match. This guy doesn't give me that 'good casting choice' vibe. He just doesn't embody the charles xavier character to me. Hope that I'm wrong on this one, but since I don't have high hopes for this movie, I doubt it.
RyanTcone
RyanTcone - 1/26/2011, 8:52 AM
Who lives in the closest proximity to lee so they can give him the hugs his dad clearly neglected to as a child?
dcanty49
dcanty49 - 1/26/2011, 9:07 AM
Why does everything about this movie scream FAIL!??
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/26/2011, 9:10 AM
@ teabag

thanks,my good man.
Vaia
Vaia - 1/26/2011, 9:49 AM
@Guason - most definitely. would love to see them do something with her!

@rolanddeschain - Seconded. I keep trying to get that Xavier vibe from him through interviews and it's just not there. Patrick Stewart was the "People's Pick" for Xavier when the first movies were still just a rumor. McAvoy...not so much.
ManThing
ManThing - 1/26/2011, 11:13 AM
lol @ Marvel27

"you know what this site is like you can't hate anything you've got to like everything."

Well said. Finally someone else around here gets it.

But really it gets even worse than that. You have to like whatever certain condescending, course, mouthy people like. Not just everything.

If you don't then your just a whinging fanboy crybaby, a hypocrite, and blah blah blah
Rhys
Rhys - 1/26/2011, 11:25 AM
@Angelus,

If you are suggesting that star trek is better, go f*** yourself!

marvel72
marvel72 - 1/26/2011, 12:11 PM
@ juggernaunt

hi five & fist punch,mate. :)

@ danielthomasrandkai

well said,star wars always beats star trek.
ScaryTerry
ScaryTerry - 1/26/2011, 12:23 PM
@ danielthomasrandkai

There is no maneuverability on that beast; therefore the Enterprise would have the upper hand.
Kamdan
Kamdan - 1/26/2011, 12:27 PM
And we all know that LASERS are useless against them.
ImaginaryFriend
ImaginaryFriend - 1/26/2011, 1:18 PM
@DannyRand401

I couldn't have said it any better than that, cheers man.

I must confess I wasn't happy at all with this movie, but later it hast started to grow on me, Michael Fassbender is going to be EPIC as Mags.
ScaryTerry
ScaryTerry - 1/26/2011, 2:36 PM
@ Intruder

Dude -- The Enterprise has 3 dimensional aim as far as its armaments too AND on top of that it can fire a sustained phaser blast. Where in Star Wars have you ever seen a sustained beam of energy come from any ship (aside from the Death Star)?
JosePetrelli12
JosePetrelli12 - 1/26/2011, 3:49 PM
@ Reverend

The only thing Star Trek has better than Star Wars is Tractor Beams... (and they had Zoe in the remake, but that doesnt count)...
JosePetrelli12
JosePetrelli12 - 1/26/2011, 3:50 PM
... I meant Transporter Beams....
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