Patrick Stewart Will Not Return As Professor X In 'X-Men: First Class'

Its official, X-Men First Class will be released next summer but its also likely we will see a whole new cast.



For one will no longer be returning as Professor X in X-Men: First Class.  Professor X will be in the movie but the guy we've come to associate Professor X with, Patrick Stewart, says he may not be coming back to school. Patrick Stewart recently sat down with TrekMovie.com to discuss his former roles in the X-Men franchise and his potential to work in X-Men: First Class. Here's what he said:

"…working on X-Men with Sir Ian McKellen was “one of the best and most fun experiences” he has ever had, and that it was “the best job in the world” because every day he got to go to makeup and say good morning and give a kiss on the cheek to Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen and Anna Paquin (and even Hugh Jackman). As for the future of X-Men, Stewart talked about the upcoming young Magneto & Xavier film (joking they were going to hire 8-year olds), but he doesn’t expect to be involved."

We saw Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen all youthful as Professor X and Magneto during the opening scenes of X-Men: The Last Stand can't do that again for X-Men: First Class? Arrghhh! Some of the DimeWars staff are so extreme, they're willing to boycott X-Men: First Class until we get a clear statement from the movie studio that they're keeping the original Professor X.