While Fox's X-Men franchise has come to an end, the mutant-based universe still has a major role to play in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Apart from adhering to the Multiverse rules and timeline, former X-Men star James McAvoy points out how his iconic Professor X thing has yet to happen in Patrick Stewart's version of the franchise.
What's the One Thing James McAvoy Disapproves of About Patrick Stewart's Professor X?
At this year's New York Comic Con, the X-Men: Days of Future Past panel hosted a reunion with Elliot Page and James McAvoy, and one of the most crucial things Marvel fans have long wanted to be addressed was how Professor X's powers were portrayed in the movies.
McAvoy, who played the younger iteration of Patrick Stewart's Professor X, shared he was lucky that he was "very expressive" with his eyebrows at the time, but worries that as they are "thinning as I get older", he might not be able to do the same work anymore.
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But he admits that initially, he was "acting too much" and "doing too much", which led him to reveal the Professor X habit that he incorporated, something he has yet to see from Stewart's.
"I'm not trying to be a d***," the Charles Xavier actor said, "Because I don't think Patrick ever did that [finger thing] and the other films", in reference to how McAvoy's Professor X did in the comic books, the cartoons, and the X-Men prequels he filmed for.
"I was like, okay, it's something that he never did. I got to do it. And then there was a whole discussion about fingering myself on camera," McAvoy shared. His last time playing the head role was in 2019's Dark Phoenix.
In X-Men's Defense: How the Two Different Professor X Characters Work
While Patrick Stewart is the lead actor that MCU fans have long recognized, James McAvoy's version plays off more to the character than being the iconic image behind the role.
Stewart's Professor X is the "perfect" role that comic book fans know best: wise and calculated, unlike McAvoy's iteration, in which the younger Charles Xavier still had to figure out how to control his emotions before reaching his older self.
It remains to be seen whether or not McAvoy and Stewart reprise the role, especially after the events of Multiverse of Madness, but with the X-Men family continuing to grow, there's a small chance it could happen. Stay tuned.
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