Patrick Stewart Not Returning To The X-Men Franchise!!!

Patrick Stewart Not Returning To The X-Men Franchise!!!

If not Patrick Stewart then who?

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By jman1977 - Feb 02, 2010 08:02 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men: First Class
Source: Comicbookmovie.com

Were you shocked that Patrick Stewart recently stated he would not be returning to the X-men franchise? SHOCK!! Not really. It was recently rumored that Patrick was not going to return due to the '90210' approach Singer is going to take with 'X-Men: First Class.'

Ror's earlier article confirmed that Patrick Stewart thinks he wont be returning to the X franchise.

Nothing is for sure except for one thing, there has to be a Professor X.

If not Patrick Stewart then who should sit in the wheel chair?



So far we have the below list of possibles:

Michael Cerveris
Daniel Craig
James Carville
Eric Bana

Sounds good, but Patrick Stewart was such a good fit for Xavier's role that it will be damn near impossible to replace him. Hope the studio uses their movie making magic on this one. Oh wait, were talking Fox. Hell, for all we know Xavier could be up and walking around shooting fire balls out of his a%$!!!
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BrotherJohnson
BrotherJohnson - 2/2/2010, 9:03 AM
Why not let James Carville do it?
Betty
Betty - 2/2/2010, 9:03 AM
Ror did dis. It's a few down.
thatiscrazy
thatiscrazy - 2/2/2010, 9:10 AM
Yess!!! maybe they'll recast everyone! one can only hope :/
theironspider125
theironspider125 - 2/2/2010, 9:12 AM
Michael Cerveris may be able to do it well
jusme6
jusme6 - 2/2/2010, 9:16 AM
That picture above has me awkwardly trying hard not to stare at prof-X's crotch.

News sounds great to me. I'm optamistic that Patrick Stewart's departure could signal the beginning of the deterioration of the stranglehold Fox has on its Marvel properties. Oh happy day!
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 2/2/2010, 9:19 AM
Who Will Wield the Wheels?
Depends on how young he's going to be. Maybe Daniel Craig could do a slightly younger version of Xavier. Now that i mention him, he seems very well suited for a youger Magneto!
sadmamba
sadmamba - 2/2/2010, 9:28 AM
wow Eric Bana..cool choice.
sadmamba
sadmamba - 2/2/2010, 9:29 AM
Bill Nighy is too old.
BillyBlack
BillyBlack - 2/2/2010, 9:30 AM
Wow Poni

Bana... that's a great pluck. I could totally see him pull it off. Get this man a casting couch!
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 2/2/2010, 9:32 AM
Daniel Craig is not bad idea, but if they want a little bit older actor i would go with Willem Dafoe. Although he is american, but hey does it matter if you are good actor? For example Robert Downey Jr. is australian and still nails the role of Sherlock Holmes.
jman1977
jman1977 - 2/2/2010, 9:33 AM
I could see Bana
screams
screams - 2/2/2010, 9:41 AM
I'm fine with him being gone if the future of the franchise is going to suck. Can't blame him for leaving for that.
Mother
Mother - 2/2/2010, 9:44 AM
James Carville is circus ugly! If the X-men are going to be portrayed in their teen years, Prof. X needs to be in his 30's. No more than 40. Any good actor willing to shave his head has my vote. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE VIN DIESEL!!!
JohnnyKrypton
JohnnyKrypton - 2/2/2010, 9:48 AM
"well whoever it is has to have a british accent."

Xavier is a native New Yorker, albeit a refined one. No reason he needs a British accent.
thatiscrazy
thatiscrazy - 2/2/2010, 9:54 AM
You know... Bana woould be a good beast. Not the gay version that was in the xmen movies though.
loganoneil
loganoneil - 2/2/2010, 10:05 AM
If they're going older, might I suggest either Malcolm McDowell or Gary Oldman. If they're going younger, Daniel Craig is an interesting choice, but how about James Nesbitt or Christopher Eccleston?
DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 2/2/2010, 10:08 AM
What about Daniel Day Lewis?
rza0026
rza0026 - 2/2/2010, 10:26 AM
Well if they are going "90210" with this movie, then it really doesn't matter who they pick...the movie will not follow the storyline, the characters will be wrong, they'll pick the wrong actors, etc etc.....

however I do want to make a pick...they will need a younger prof x so I suggest Timothy Olyphant:

http://images.askmen.com/galleries/men/timothy-olyphant/pictures/timothy-olyphant-picture-1.jpg
norrinradd85
norrinradd85 - 2/2/2010, 10:29 AM
They are going for a younger Xavier since this is X-men: First Class

My choice:

Photobucket
Ralph Fiennes
kirynthemighty
kirynthemighty - 2/2/2010, 10:39 AM
See now if you read the thread about Disney taking all the rights back, then you could possibly just figure on X-MEN first class not even happening.
SkunkApe1
SkunkApe1 - 2/2/2010, 10:39 AM
Wow...lots of Eric Bana talk.
Not if Stan Lee has anything to say about it. bana said he had no intention of returning to the Hulk, and seems like the trend is not to burn Stan.

LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/2/2010, 10:43 AM
He should play PROF X (And probably will if the moneys there) in X-MEN 4 !

But glad he ain't coming back for a crappy CGI version of a younger self like BORIGINS!

We need total stand alone FIRST CLASS REBOOT!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/2/2010, 10:44 AM
[frick] a 90210 FIRST CLASS BORIGINS SPIN OFF!!!


ORIGINAL FIVE X-MEN all the way!!! : P
Ryden
Ryden - 2/2/2010, 10:46 AM
@AlexDeLarge666- Robert Downey Jr is American.

@MTL- Seriously calm down man.

No-one is dumb enough to cast actors from the the previous franchise like Tobey Maguire for example as Harry Osborne in the reboot, that's just silly. But if for whatever reason he was chosen to play I don't know...Nightcrawler in an X-Men reboot then theres no problem.

They are certainly not bound to play one character, that's just silly to think that. That is unless they share the same multi-universe. So you wouldn't cast RDJ as a Thor villain ebcause he's already Iron Man within that Universe, but you can cast Willem Dafoe as a Thor villain because his comic book series had no ties to the Marvel Movie Universe.

Seriously, there's no point in denouncing good casting choices just because they've been in another CBM, it;s a silly argument.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 2/2/2010, 10:48 AM
I'm not surprised that he's leaving after the way Fox and Ratner screwed him and everyone else over in X-3 and Origins(except Hugh Jack{off}man's Wolverine of course).
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 2/2/2010, 10:49 AM
Multi@ actually I have always associated Bana more with the present day Hulk than Ed Norton. If there were a couple more Hulk movies with Ed Norton that might change, but right now the original actor sticks more for me, regardless of which movie was better. To be honest, Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno are who I will always first think of when it comes to the Hulk.

I can't picture Bana as Xavier at all. I found an image of him with a shaved head and he just doesn't look the part. Seems an odd fit for me.
SHO1138
SHO1138 - 2/2/2010, 10:53 AM
@AlexDeLarge666

While I agree with you that an actors talent is all that matters-- I have to correct you about Robert Downey Jr. He is American; born and raised in New York. Don't go trying to export one of our best actors. :p

What about "Smallville" star Michael Rosenbaum
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/2/2010, 10:55 AM
Multi @ Heck yeah!! ; )
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 2/2/2010, 11:03 AM
I agree with LEEE also. :)

However it probably won't be that way :(
KeithM
KeithM - 2/2/2010, 11:18 AM
@MTL - you're using really terrible (read; pathetically childish) examples to try to illustrate your point. I too hate the practice of "opinion as fact" and "speaking for others", but you commit the same sin yourself numerous times - "RDJ WILL be associated with...", "I'm sure plenty of people preferred...", "any attempts at rebooting would ONLY result..." and so on. How do you know these things? Or are you presenting what you THINK (i.e. take to be self-evident) as a fact?

I think you're letting your personal beef with Poni get in they way of, you know, thinking. People don't need to put "IMO" before and after every sentence for it to be clear that it is ONLY their opinion. Stating something does not mean that someone is presenting it as fact (no more than I took any of your 'factual' statements to be anything other than your opinion).

Get a grip dude.
NERO
NERO - 2/2/2010, 11:22 AM
I agree the original five. And I know Magneto will be there since Singer seems unable to have any other major villain, but I really hope he uses another character as the main antagonist and just shows how it all leads to the breaking of the Xavier/Magnus team.

Yes I still call him Magnus, because I always felt the Eric identity was thrown at the fans so ham fistedly in the comics in the Legacy Virus storyline. All those years he was Magnus and then one day Magneto crashes Illiana Rasputin's funeral and Xavier starts calling him Eric. Its like thirty years later Prof X turns to the X-Men and goes, oh yeah I knew who he was all the time... just didn't think ya needed to know. Super stupid plot device.
NERO
NERO - 2/2/2010, 11:25 AM
MLT why don't you like Poni, he's sweet, and will let you play with his tactical gear, and you can pet him and comb his mane and ride... WHOA-HO-HO-HO. Not going there with the my little pony joke. Self edit there. Pony only lives a state over from me and may well take the time to drive up to kick my butt.
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