In an interview with Metro US Michael Fassbender speaks about what we can expect to see from Eric Lensher's past in Mathew Vaughn's X prequel..
When asked what we will be seeing of Magento's past..
"You will see a little bit of that, yeah, at the beginning but I thought what was interesting was what happened to him after the war – he gets that young gypsy girl out of the concentration camp that he falls in love with. They take off together and have a baby and the mob ends up going crazy and burning down the house and the child dies in the blaze. Magneto goes ape shit and kills everybody. She’s freaked out and leaves him. So by the time we get to him in the movie, he’s a bit of a loner, really."
Fassbender also reiterates that he will be playing this role (along with James McCavoy as Charles Xavier)as was always originally intended for the characters. One mirroring Malcolm X, and the other Martin Luther King..
"It’s kind of like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X — Charles [Professor X] being Martin Luther and Erik [Magneto] being Malcolm X — these two ideals, two intelligent guys but with different methods of achieving what they want. Erik doesn’t trust humans and thinks they need to be wiped away and I can kind of see his point. It’s like Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals … it’s like it’s the next stage of evolution. And humans have made a bit of balls of it. We have, haven’t we?"
When asked about how he will feel about being recognized wherever he goes after the movie Fassbender responds by recognizing that Fox's last two X movies left a lot to be desired in the eyes of many fans..
"It’s going to be an interesting thing. There are so many X-Men fans out there. Hopefully, they’re going to be happy. They didn’t seem to be happy with the last two installments so hopefully this will please them again."
For the full interview click the source link below.
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