Michael Fassbender Discusses Magneto-Professor X Dynamic For 'First Class' Sequel

"X-Men: First Class" was the first superhero movie in a long time that didn't bombard audiences with relentless action and one-liners.

Instead, there was more of a slow burn, leading to a climactic final scene where best friends Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr parted ways to advance different sides of their mutant agenda. It was a subtler, sadder moment than it could have been played, one befitting of the series' maturing approach to characterization.

A follow-up movie won't necessarily kick things into good vs. evil, either. Discussing potential dynamics for a potential sequel in an interview with IFC, Magneto actor Michael Fassbender noted that Xavier and Lensherr aren't permanently opposed even when they're on opposite sides.

"You know what's interesting about Magneto and Professor X from the comic books as well, is there's such a complexity to their relationship," Fassbedner said. "It's not just like clear-cut enemies; they're best friends as well. In the comic books, even after they've had this sort of rift, Professor X asks Magneto to come back and look after the students at certain points."

"I think there's always that complexity in their relationship," he added. "And we want to keep that alive as possible, because that's I think a really interesting thing — the conflict there."

Fassbender discusses empathizing with Magneto in the rest of the interview, but it's the comments about the sequel that bear the most interest. A second movie hasn't been announced, but with a solid take for "First Class" at the worldwide box office, it's certainly in play. "Hopefully we'll get to do another one; that's what we want to carry that vein through for sure," he told IFC. "Personally, I do and I know James [McAvoy] feels the same."

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