Hot on the heels of the announcement that Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart (alongside Hugh Jackman ) will be appearing in X-Men: First Class follow-up Days Of Future Past , McKellen has spoken out about returning to the franchise.
“What a gas!” the actor enthuses while in conversation with The Huffington Post . “I mean, Patrick Stewart and I have been have just been playing Waiting For Godot throughout England and in the West End of London. So, we've stayed in touch.
“We can't believe it [ laughs ]. I thought these were [ Michael ] Fassbender and [ James ] McAvoy’s parts, but - no, no - we're back. We’ll give them a run for their money. I mean, I haven't read the script, so I don't know how much we've got to do.
“But, to be back in that world, and for Bryan [ Singer ] to be doing it - with all the success he's had in the meantime - it's wonderful. Wonderful."
As for Fassbender’s take on Magneto in X-Men: First Class , McKellen has nothing but praise: “I thought he was exactly that: first class. Excellent...
“I thought he was better than me. But, we weren't quite playing the same character because he was so much younger than me.”
