Comments on: James McAvoy to Play Professor X in First Class

By: watchtower11

watchtower11 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:01:27 +0000

gosh!i’m so happy for james.i can’t wait for the movie!i know he will do great and i’m excited to hear him w/ his natural tongue.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sat, 29 May 2010 02:23:00 +0000

In reply to Jeff. I imagine he will be walking. In the comics when showing the flashbacks to them in a younger day he is on foot at first, and in the wheelchair later.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:57:13 +0000

The question now is will he in the wheelchair the entire movie? Or will the show why he has to use the wheelchair

By: dss

dss — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:55:00 +0000

“First Class” can have many connotations.
Obviously, the first group of X-men would be the correct assumption but there are others.
First Class – the first breed of heroes in X and Magneto
First Class – the first class of X-men and the first class of the Brotherhood

I’m not an english major but I’m sure you guys could figure other meanings toward “First Class”

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:01:39 +0000

Who will play Erik Lensherr? If were going back in time then it has to be someone young about the same age as McAvoy.

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:30:30 +0000

Good pick. If I’m not mistaken Xavier simply went bald at early age which it totally possible (my roomate in my second year of college was a guy that was 21 years old and he was going bald so quickly that he just kept his head shaved).

Chances are the most of the First Class (Summers, MacCoy, Drake, and Worthington) will not show up until near the end of the movie however I think Grey may come up sooner since I think X and Magneto met her before they parted ways (and assuming they keep with the comics which movies don’t always do).

By: smack

smack — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:25:49 +0000

I dont think prof x ever had hair even in the comic books he was like a lex luthor kind of guy always bald I think it would just be weird if he had hair.

By: darren j seeley

darren j seeley — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:00:17 +0000

I can’t find any fault in this casting.
It also seems my hunches were correct: the film will be a melding of the Magneto script and the one they previously had for First Class.

But now it makes me wonder who else we might be seeing in the film.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:59:45 +0000

In reply to Jon. I imagine calling on the name First Class will suggest that this early story of Chuck and Erik will lead to them forming the school and introducing their first class.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:21:18 +0000

I think McAvoy is a great pick for Xavier. I really liked him in Wanted and he definitely has the ability to play this role. As you know Xavier is an intellectual with a very calm demeanor, which is something McAvoy can easily express. I’d say he’ll sport a bald head. I think its more authentic to the character and if McAvoy wants people, especially the hardcore fans, to take him seriously he’ll go bald. As for the accent that is also not a problem. Since he is Scotish a talented actor such as himself could easily disguise his voice. Ewen McGregor has done it several times before. For some reason its easy for certain Scots to do that.

Here’s one thing I don’t understand. Calling the film X-Men: First Class gives the impression that the film will center on the original group…Cyclopes, Beast, etc. It’s a bit misleading. I am looking forward to this movie theres no doubt about that, but I think another name would also work. With that said, seeing the relationship of Xavier and Magneto develop and then crumble will be very interesting.