
Twitter.com - Follow Us! Kevin Bacon and Michael Fassbender Talk X-Men: First Class Hear what they had to say up next! Hey Everyone I'm Chelsea Cannell and you're watching Clevver Movies! By now you probably know that X-Men: First Class is going back to it's roots. The latest installment of the film franchise will start at the very beginning, long before Charles Xavier was known as professor X and Eric Lensherr became Magneto. Speaking of Magneto, Michael Fassbender was recently interviewed and he talked about taking on the role that once belonged to Ian Mckellen. Of course, he has some big shoes to fill but he's hoping fans will be pleased with his interpretation. He definitely did a lot of work to get ready, admitting that while he's never been a big comic book fan, he did spend countless hours going through all the X-men comics searching for source material. Needless to say, Fassbender admits he definitely learned a lot but really tried to focus on his background particularly all the pain and grief he went through as a holocaust survivor and through the loss of his wife and daughter. At the end of all his research, Fassbender said he could definitely see where his character was coming from! And that was important, fassbender says, because at the end of this movie Magneto becomes very clear about what he wants, his decisions and his ultimate game plan which all stem from what has happened in his past. As for Magneto's costume, Fassbender revealed that there is a helmet <b>...</b>
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