Originally published in the Italian magazine Comicus, and related via MTV Splash Page, James McAvoy is talking up X-Men: First Class when it comes to its plot but also the potential for more, since the deals are in place should this one rock the box office. Due out in theaters on June 3rd, the 20th Century Fox film is taking us back in time to the 1960’s when the cast is younger and not quite so set in their ways or beliefs in the world.
“It’s about the burgeoning tension between these two characters, Erik Lehnsherr, played by Michael Fassbender, and my character, Charles Xavier,” McAvoy said about the general ideas of the film. “And on a greater level, it’s about where this new species of mutants is going to go. It can go two ways: they can regard themselves as the next step of human evolution or they can regard themselves as an entirely new species in conflict with humanity.”
Naturally, with the previous X-Men films having put out three features plus the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie, McAvoy is asked about whether there are plans for more based on what the story presented in this film is like. “The possibilities are just so, so exciting in terms of what could happen. For all the characters, I have to say. They’re all going through so much and they’ve all been through so many traumas now that you can have them be really messed up. They’re all pretty saintly by the time they get to X1, so let’s have them really struggle for now.”
