Next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past will join past
and present heroes and villains in a battle to ensure the survival of the
mutant population and the world. In an interview to The Wall Street Journal,
stars Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen spoke about working with their younger
selves (McAvoy and Fassbender) and if the four of them talked about making sure
the present and past characters, Professor Xavier (McAvoy/Stewart) and Magneto
(Fassbender/McKellen) synch up.
"Nope. It's up to them to sync with us," joked
McKellen with Stewart adding, "We came first."
In the trailer we see both past and present versions
of Xavier meeting, how about Magneto:
"No, I don't, I just stay by myself and I never
meet my younger self."
Speaking about his scene with James McAvoy, Stewart said:
"There was a certain happy charm about it, in
that, when we shot that scene, it was James' first day of work and it was my
last day. So I was saying goodbye to X-Men and he was saying hello. James has
seen everything I have done, I've seen everything he has done. He is
illustrating a time in Charles Xavier's life which was very different from the
time that I've been inhabiting in the previous three movies, and we just let
that play out. I think we've both been looking forward to doing that scene
immensely."
McKellen emphasizes that neither he nor Fassbender
talked about playing the same character in two different periods but also that
neither of them share any screen time:
"No, No, I think he made it clear that he wanted
to be his own Magneto and that suits the nature of the story and his part in
it. And, Bryan Singer clearly doesn't mind that we're, Fassbender and I, don't
look much like each other, although they have put out a poster where our faces
are blended and you do a double take and think, ooh, my goodness, I didn't know
I was that good looking and then realize the bit that's good looking is not me
but Fassbender."
Then both were asked if either of them will be coming
back in X-Men: Apocalypse:
"Well I don't know if Ian knows anything about
this, but I know nothing about it. Another X-Men movie has been announced and I
said yes, yes, yes, it opens in May and they say no, no, no. Not that one, the
one after." Stewart said before asking McKellen, "Has anybody called
you, are you keeping something from me?"
"No, no. No, I know nothing about it,"
McKellen said. "Which probably means we're not in it."
Stewart added, "And then they'll find they need
us after all, if we're lucky."
X-Men: Days of Future Past also stars Jennifer
Lawrence (Raven/Mystique), Halle Berry (Ororo Munroe/Storm),Anna Paquin
(Marie/Rogue), Ellen Page (Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat), Shawn Ashmore (Bobby
Drake/Iceman), Omar Sy, Daniel Cudmore (Piotr Rasputin/Colossus), Booboo
Stewart, Fan Bingbing (Clarice Ferguson/Blink), Nicholas Hoult (Hank
McCoy/Beast) and Peter Dinklage.
X-Men: Days of Future Past opens on May 23rd, 2014.
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