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X-Men Stars Pick Their Favourite X-Men

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By Matthew Leyland published 13 April 2011

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Nicholas Hoult (Beast)

Nicholas Hoult (Beast)

“Wolverine. And he’s in all four of the previous movies, which was nice when I was watching them for research.

People would say to me, ‘I’m working, what are you doing?’ ‘I’m watching the X-Men films.’ ‘Oh cool!’”

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Michael Fassbender (Magneto)

Michael Fassbender (Magneto)

“My favourite X-Man? I’ve got to say Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.

He did a fantastic job with that, fantastic."

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Bryan Singer (producer)

Bryan Singer (producer)

“I think mine has always been Professor X. Which was another reason that drove me to make First Class .

Just because he’s powerful, idealistic and vulnerable all at the same time, and I’ve always been fond of him.

"Although if I could choose to be a character I’d be Nightcrawler, because then I could go wherever I wanna go!”

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Kevin Bacon (Sebastian Shaw)

Kevin Bacon (Sebastian Shaw)

“I like Professor X and Magneto; it’s great to see in First Class how their relationship started out. It’s a very, very clever take on the other movies.

And the change in Michael [Fassbender] over the course of the movie is fantastic.”

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Matthew Vaughn (director)

Matthew Vaughn (director)

“It’s hard because I like so many of them. I’ve always had a soft spot for Beast because I like the idea of having this highly intelligent guy who looks like a blue werewolf!

"But then you can’t help but love Magneto too – so I would say for me it’s a tie between Beast and Magneto.”

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Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique)

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“I’m going to be really boring and pick Charles Xavier, because he’s cute and adorable and I love James McAvoy!

And he’s the nicest character by far of all the X-Men.”

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Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggart)

Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggart)

“I really like the baddies. I think January Jones has a fun character [Emma Frost, The White Queen].

She’s kind of badass. And Kevin Bacon too – they both looked like they were having fun.”

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James McAvoy (Charles Xavier)

James McAvoy (Charles Xavier)

“That’s such an easy question: Gambit. In the cartoons he has this kind of weird New Orleans accent, which I really liked, kind of Cajun.

I loved that, because it’s so rare to find un-generic voices on telly, in a kids’ show. That was almost his best mutant power, his accent!”

X-Men: First Class is released on 2 June 2011.

For more on the movie, get the new issue of Total Film Magazine, which hits newsstands on Thursday April 14th.

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