Q: Would you have prefered to play one of the other characters from X-men,
instead of Magneto? I thought you were excellent as Magneto and i it's a
shame you're gay. I'll have to marry some one else...!
A: No, I'm very happy being Magneto. Good luck husband-hunting!
TO SAVE OR TO GOVERN?
Q: I marveled at your quote
on the Net as to the role the Xmen should
pursue, that is, whether to save humanity or to govern It . . . . . ? I
ask : Why don't they do both????
A: I'll put it to the screenplay writers.
X3?
Q: Sir Ian, I've been visiting your website and totally enjoy reading
it. I've been keeping up with some of the X3/X4 news and read that
the currently Fox is doing contract negotiations for it. I just have to
know, are you signed up to reprise your role in X3/X4 yet?
A: I hear positive news about the second sequel, which is likely
to include Magneto. The start date, considering Bryan Singer's other
commitments, couldn't be much before September 2005. There is as yet no
script nor am I signed up. On the other hand Hugh Jackman had a three-movie
deal and Alan Cumming is also contracted to appear once more.
MAGNETO/TATCHELL?
From: Alex
Q: Like other gay men I find that I can relate to the x-men as
they face difficulties similar to the challenges that gay men and women
have to face. In one way, I admire Magneto because he has a purpose - to
create equality but he does so by using extreme measures. While watching
the two x-men films it occurred to me that he had characteristics similar
with the Human Rights activist
Peter Tatchell. Did you base Magneto's
character on Mr Tatchell?
A: No, I found Magneto's own personality clear enough not to research
elsewhere, although he has been compared to Malcolm X as well as to
Tatchell. Maybe Peter models himself on Magneto, although he is not at all
a violent person!
LEARNING FROM OTHERS
From: Chad
Q: I am thoroughly impressed with your body of work, but I'm most of
all impressed by your turn as Magneto in the X-Men films. As an actor
myself, I get a lot of joy feeding off other actors in my presence and
learning from them. In the X-Men films, you worked with a lot of actors
who certainly haven't been in the industry as long as you, but did you
glean anything from them, and if so, what and by whom?
A: Most actors these days have less experience than I do! and I
learn from them all - sometimes what not to do, sometimes more positively.
