It was a big night last night for the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past. Both arch rivals, Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) brought home Empire Awards. Meanwhile, The Following’s Shawn Ashmore, A.K.A. Iceman, is opening up about his return to the X-Men franchise.
Metal isn’t the only thing that Michael Fassbender attracts. The young Magneto actor just brought home the Empire award (OK, so maybe it is made of metal) for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in in the critically acclaimed 12 Years A Slave.
Fassbender’s X-Men rival, James McAvoy, who plays Charles Xavier, bested his arch enemy, by winning the award for, Best Actor for his role in Fifth.
Wolverine, himself, Hugh Jackman, proved that he is in fact the best he is at what he does, when he received The Empire Icon award.
Meanwhile, returning X-Men actor, Shawn Ashmore has opened up to Comic Book Resources, about the new film:
“First of all, with the success of ‘First Class,’ it made a lot of sense to combine these two timelines and these two casts. It's an opportunity, without feeling forced, to take advantage of all these amazing actors that have been cast in the franchise. I think it was a really smart and interesting move to bring everybody together for one film. For me, what I loved about the ‘Days of Future Past; comic books, and what I think is going to translate well to the screen, is it's an epic storyline. Not only does the future storyline almost feel like a science fiction movie, but it's set in the future. It's a world that we've never seen in the ‘X-Men’ [movie] universe. It's war-torn. It's almost post-apocalyptic. The X-Men are at war. They are not students. They are not civilians. They are soldiers. It's a side of the X-Men that we haven't seen, which I think is amazing.”
X-Men: Days of Future Past opens up on May 23. The Following airs Monday’s on Fox, at 9:00 p.m.
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