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Laurence Fishburne wants to play Charles Xavier in MCU's version of X-Men (ew.com)
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[–] GCanuck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I dont have an issue with Prof X being black, but I do feel that Laurence is too fat to play him. I just don’t feel like Prof X would be that undisciplined.

But I guess if he lost the weight it could work.

Also, I think unless we’re jumping past any origins he’s too old.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious how they will handle certain character origins going forward.

For example Magneto's history with the Holocaust is important to his character. A Magneto without that connection would be a different character. However those events ending ~80 years ago, plus 10 years so you have a young boy old enough to understand what is going on... you end up with a 90 year old Magneto.

Given that Magneto and Prof X should be similar in age... A new/unique origin for both characters sorta makes sense. Of course at that point you probably just have new characters entirely. Also there is no way we don't have our tent pole mutants in the MCU, at least when it starts.

But! If Secret Wars has us mashing universes together. Maybe, like the Fantastic Four, mutants come from a world where similar events happen later, or they come from a different point in history.

Also means you can custom fit the new universe to match whomever you cast in certain roles. So if Laurence Fishburn Prof X needs to have a certain history, he can have it.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

thats why macavoy and fassbender works, and ian mckellen and and patrick stewart, they are almost around the same ages.

laurance doesnt have the comic or film accurate build.

[–] RaoulDuke@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

But I’m bald! I can play him strictly because of that!