Patrick Stewart Visits X-Men: Apocalypse Set

The X-Men film franchise's senior Professor X, Patrick Stewart, dropped by the set of X-Men: Apocalypse in Montreal, as seen in the below photo from director Bryan Singer.

Stewart can be seen alongside Singer and Jason Reitman (Thank You for Smoking, Juno), sitting behind-the-scenes on a shoot.

Trying to look intensely thoughtful, @sirpatstew and #jasonreitman visiting #xmen #apocalypse #xmenapocalypse set and reminiscing about our own #daysoffuturepast. Looking forward to "jasonreitmanlivereading tonight of #biglebowski with #michaelfassbender as "The Dude!"

A photo posted by Bryan Singer (@bryanjaysinger) on Jul 24, 2015 at 11:17am PDT

Now, before conspiracy theorists and fans start going crazy, note that Stewart is behind-the-scenes, not even remotely in character, and has already stated that he won't be in X-Men: Apocalypse (though he may be in the next Wolverine movie). He was in Montreal to host a gala during the Lots of Laughs festival, and likely tagged along with Reitman when the writer/director went to the Apocalypse set to pick up Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender, who will be performing in Reitman's live-read of The Big Lebowski.

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