Eerder deze week maakte regisseur Bryan Singer bekend dat zowel Patrick Stewart als Ian McKellen terugkeren in hun rollen als Charles Xavier en Magneto in de film X-Men: Days of Future Past. The Huffington Post vroeg om een reactie van McKellen, binnenkort te zien in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, en kreeg deze ook.
"What a gas! I mean, Patrick Stewart and I have been have just been playing "Waiting for Godot" throughout England and in the West End of London. So, we've stayed in touch. We can't believe it [laughs]. I thought these were Fassbender and McAvoy's parts, but -- no, no -- we're back. We'll give them a run for their money. I mean, I haven't read the script, so I don't know how much we've got to do. But, to be back in that world, and for Bryan to be doing it -- with all the success he's had in the meantime -- it's wonderful. Wonderful."
Hij gaf ook zijn visie op de rol van Michael Fassbender als Magneto in X-Men: First Class (2011): "I thought he was exactly that: first class. Excellent... I thought he was better than me. But, we weren't quite playing the same character because he was so much younger than me."
Ian McKellen over zijn terugkeer voor 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
Wederom stapt hij in de huid van Magneto.
