X-Men: Days of Future Past – The Team So Far

Since Bryan Singer has been filling fans in piecemeal via Twitter, it’s easy to lose track of what characters are officially in and out of Days of Future Past; which actors have or have not been officially confirmed as in or out; and who’s playing which character.We decided that, with two new team members revealed next week and shooting already underway, it seemed like as good a chance as we were going to get to take a look at who’s in, who’s out and to give our non-comics-reading friends a bit of a cheat sheet on the players.Of course, since this movie is a bit of a sequel to both X-Men: First Class and X-Men: The Last Stand, there will be some characters who appear more than once, and some characters whose roles are not exactly clear. We’ll do our best.We’ve got a number of actors whose parts are as yet unconfirmed and some characters whose actors are unconfirmed. We’re pretty confident in matching them up for you here, but if there’s a surprise or two left in the casting, we apologize. Unconfirmed roles are indicated after the actor’s name.Professor Charles Xavier Played by: Sir Patrick Stewart, James McAvoyThe “X” behind the X-Men, Charles is one of the only characters to appear in every big-screen X-Men film. Often compared to Martin Luther King, Jr., Xavier believes that if they try, humans and mutants can live together in harmony. The founder of the X-Men, he was injured during a battle in X-Men: First Class and has been wheelchair bound ever since. A bit like the blind oracles of ancient myth, Xavier’s physical handicap often causes people to underestimate his massively powerful brain; his psychic and psychokinetic powers are nearly unmatched.Because he was presumed dead at the end of X-Men: The Last Stand, the nature of Stewart’s role in the film is unclear.Magneto Played by: Sir Ian McKellen, Michael FassbenderThe leader of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Magneto is the X-Men’s archenemy, in spite of having been Professor Xavier’s best friend for years. A survivor of Auschwitz, Erik Lensherr committed himself to the notion that his people–mutantkind–would never be abused and exterminated as were people of Jewish descent during the second World War. Often compared to Malcolm X, he’s not really evil–just extreme in his philosophy and methodology. Still, his anger tends to get the better of him and from time to time he can drift into pure evil territory.

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