Twenty-five years ago, Marvel brought its mutants to the big screen for the first time in X-Men . Though the movie eschewed the brightly colored spandex costumes of the comics, it remained largely true to the source material, complete with fantastic displays of superpowers and addamantium claws. Yet the most exciting part of the movie happens relatively early, when two elderly men have a conversation in the hallway.

Of course those two men are Professor X and Magneto, powerful mutants who respectively lead the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Moreover they are portrayed by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen , two classically trained British actors who spent serious time in the Royal Shakespeare Company. Each brings the full strength of their charisma to the part. In ever

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