Sir Patrick Stewart has been known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek, Professor Xavier from X-Men or one of a dozen various other characters from the theaters. While he might be seen captaining a space ship on the movie screen, in real life he was recently seen driving a brand-new McLaren 650S, a pseudo-spaceship for the land. Continue Reading
X-Men
Exclusive James McAvoy interview from the set of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
We were lucky enough to get on the set of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS exclusively, and we’re going to be rolling out our coverage in the weeks leading up to the film. Our first feature, an interview with James McAvoy (a.k.a. Prof. Charles Xavier), just went up!
IGN visited the‚ X-Men: First Class set last year to find out how producer‚ Bryan Singer and director‚ Matthew Vaughn were planning to re-boot the franchise by setting the film in the 1960s and documenting how the saga began. The focal point of the story is the relationship between‚ Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr in the years before they became Professor X and‚ Magneto. We therefore had a lengthy sit down with‚ James McAvoy — who plays Charles — to discuss the film, Xavier’s full head of hair, his relationship with his soon to be arch-nemesis Erik, and his willingness to use his mind-reading powers to talk women into bed.
However, as we’re discussing the film’s plot, BEWARE OF SPOLERS AHEAD! Continue Reading
