Dark Phoenix – Michael Fassbender on how he traced Magneto's hostility to his traumatic past- Entertainment News, Firstpost

Zack Stentz, Thor's writer Thor recently revealed that when Marvel was going through a crisis of disappointing antagonists ten years ago, the studio had asked him to "give them a villain like Magneto". Enter: Loki in The Avengers one of the most beloved villains in the Marvel film universe.

It is clear that Magneto, the evil X-Men, was the reference of the super villains. The character, created by Stan Lee and designed by Jack Kirby, was introduced for the first time in the comic strip The X-Men # 1 in 1963. Sir Ian McKellen breathed new life into the character when he is relieved. and helmet in Bryan Singer's film in 2001 X-Men . Stung against Professor X of Patrick Stewart, McKellen played Magneto as a threatening villain determined to eradicate the human race. However, in some scenes where he interacted with Charles Xavier, McKellen's Magnet revealed a vulnerable side evoking a past that forced him to come up against a wall.

When Michael Fbadbender played the role in Matthew Vaughn's original film X-Men: First Clbad he signed up for a double blow. He had to not only put himself in the place of an antagonist made popular by a seasoned actor, but also penetrate the layers of mysticism under which Magneto was buried. He had to decode the villain and also present his means as an alternative way to reach exactly what his friend, become nemesis, Professor X, aimed to achieve – the survival of the mutantkind.

"I relied heavily on source material Thanks to Eric's (Magneto) past, we could understand why he did what he did and why he wanted to eliminate humans." that has happened to him justifies his means, which separate him from his longtime friend and rival Charles Xavier.His childhood has a rich and traumatic history, which explains where his resentment towards the human race comes from, "says Michael Fbadbender, in an interview granted to Firspost during the X-Men: Dark Phoenix promotional tour in Seoul, South Korea. "Ian McKellen is one of the greatest actors we have had, I have had the honor of meeting him during the filming of Days of Future Past," Fbadbener declares. , adding that he was perfectly aware that he could not get close. Magneto as McKellen did

The Magneto of Fbadbender was not presented as a conqueror wanting to establish the supremacy of "homio" superiors. " He was projected as a victim of the loss of voting rights, due to the rise to power of the Nazis in his childhood and, subsequently, racial discrimination against mutants at the age of adult. Having lost his family to the benefit of a host of violent mutant haters, Magneto became an avenging and relentless leader, a hell determined to enslave humanity. "In First Clbad Charles helped Erik to become Magneto In Days of Future Past, He was a terrorist and a prisoner In Revelation He was more of a man And in Dark Phoenix he formed Genosha, a retreat inhabited by mutants away from any interference from human control. "Although his ideology remained the same, Magneto took a more pbadive role and only regains its ferocious status after triggering a trigger.

The "trigger," says Fbadbender, was different in the four films that he presented. Magneto. McKellen's Magneto acted as a constant force against humanity, regardless of the amount of blood involved, but after helping to reverse the chain of events that led to the mutant persecution in he made X -Men: Days of Future Past, way for a more human Magneto. In fact, Genosha symbolizes Magneto's state of mind after the events of Revelation. His sole purpose is to maintain sovereignty while he abstains from harming people. "I've hurt and killed people all my life, but after one point, it did not do me any good, so I stopped," says Magneto from Fbadbener to Sophie Turner's Jean Gray. in X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

But as the film progresses, Magneto meets yet another & # 39; trigger which forces him to resume his path of destruction. "In Dark Phoenix, Magneto becomes a cult leader in Genosha.But when he learns the death of an old friend, his old testament of revenge takes over .In his mind he "It's not really any other choice, but to avenge the death of his friend," says Fbadbender, explaining that as in every slice up to now, what drives Magneto to fight against the 39, one of his, is the death of one of his own. "It's certainly a character of contradictions in itself, but in this movie, all (X-Men) are fighting against their own conflicts, especially John," adding that he was slightly jealous of the character of Sophie, because it was not only causing him all the trouble in the last installment of the franchise X-Men .

The most fascinating part of his character, in addition to representing the "people who are on the periphery of society", is the relationship he shares with Charles Xavier. X-Men: Dark Phoenix actually exposes a more dominant side of Xavier in his confrontation with Jean, Mystique and Beast. "Vanity and the ego of Charles are something that James (McAvoy) somehow introduced into First Clbad. This was not a big consequence at the time But it's cool that he did it at the time because the seeds of Dark Phoenix were actually planted before becoming fully flourishing in this episode In Dark Phoenix, Charles becomes more of a political figure. "

Diplomacy, with nuances of vanity, is a latent quality of Charles that Magneto has always recognized and warned against him. In Dark Phoenix Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique accuses Charles of nurturing a selfish tendency and putting his mutant mates at risk in exchange for saving humans. At this point, we realize that it is something that Magneto accuses of Charles since the two characters interacted for the first time on the screen. In a sense, they represent two different streams of thought, the "we" and the "them", but they often bridge the gap between them. They give the example by helping each other when the other is in a difficult situation. Even in Dark Phoenix, the beginning of the movie is tired, but the film ends on a very moving note: they sit for a final chess game that completes the circle began in First clbad. "

Dark Phoenix changes the X-Men landscape by describing Magneto in a more pbadive and non-interfering manner and Charles in chief selfish, protective but controlling.While the final scene Leaves both engaged in a game of failures, Fbadbender says it's a poetic end to the perpetual sportsmanship relationship that they share. "The relationship between Magneto and Charles is similar to Martin's Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. This is really the approach that we adopted in First Clbad . It was a good "for" for me. "

While he's hooking up his helmet and saying goodbye to a character he's repainted in shades of gray, Fbadbender confesses that he's secretly happy to stop flying. "Working with sons is a little uncomfortable now, especially in the good old neighborhoods. As you get older, it is harder and harder to get used to working with your son. Do not mistake yourself. I like the action, but I love it. I am now at a stage where I would prefer it to launch on the ground, "Fbadbender says.

Here is a magneto at the mercy of metal wires. But this is precisely how Fbadbender plays the best of Magneto – as a man full of contradiction.

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Date Published: June 02, 2019 9:44 AM
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Date Updated: June 02, 2019 09:44:31 IST

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