Michael Fassbender reckons Magneto just needed a 'hug' in X-Men

Michael Fassbender has joked that all Magneto needed to put him on the right track in life was a hug.

For 2011's X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class, Fassbender was cast as a younger version of Lehnsherr/Magneto, who was played to acclaim in the first trilogy by Sir Ian McKellen.

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Magneto may be a legendary comic book villain, but he is certainly a complicated one, as his persona is born out of the horrors of being a holocaust survivor.

Reflecting on taking the role, Fassbender told Vanity Fair:

"What really drew me to that movie, X-Men: First Class, was this idea of an outsider and what it feels like you don't belong. That for me was an interesting core to work from in the character and to find the justifications, in what his actions were, which again were pretty monumental.

"The lengths he was willing to go and what the motivation of what that was. Essentially the core of that is just that Magneto needs a hug."

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X: First Class (2011)

'X-Men: First Class' tells the epic premise of the X-Men saga, revealing the secret history of global events. Before mutants made themselves known to the world and before Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lensherr (Michael Fassbender) took on the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men yet to discover their powers for the first time. They weren't archenemies then, in fact they were best friends who, along with other mutants (some known, some new), tried to stop the impending Armageddon. Somewhere in the process, a rift develops between the two men, sparking the perpetual war between Magneto's brotherhood and the X-Men.

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Rose Byrne

Would Fassbender play Magneto again?

Fassbender played Magneto in four X-Men movies - First Class, Days of Future Past, Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix.

The series will receive a reboot soon as the X-Men will enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time, which has raised questions about who will play the mutants in the MCU.

Could Fassbender return as Magneto? The door is always open...

“No talks. I’ve been waiting. Nobody calls me,” he joked to Inverse.

“I feel like I had a great journey with X-Men, great journey with Magneto, the whole experience,” he says. “I kind of feel like it’s done, but I mean, never say never, but no, nothing on the horizon.”