5 Actors Who Could Play Magneto in the MCU

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Aside from Doctor Doom and Galactus, the villain who fans are most eager to see adapted to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is without a doubt Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto — the iconic nemesis of the X-Men. After all, with Patrick Stewart’s Professor X making a cameo in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, it’s easy to imagine that his friend-turned-rival won’t be too far behind.

Magneto is one of the few comic book characters lucky enough to get not one, but two brilliant live action portrayals in the past two decades. Sir Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender will be hard acts for any performer to follow, to say the least. However, there are a few actors who could bring Marvel’s mighty mutant Master of Magnetism to life in the not-too-distant future.

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Admittedly, this first pick is cheating a bit. But after Spider-Man: No Way Home brought back Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin and Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus, it’s not hard to imagine Marvel Studios going a similar route with Magneto and simply having Michael Fassbender reprise his role — not as a multiversal variant of Magneto, but as the MCU’s own native incarnation of Erik Lehnsherr. After all, he’s widely considered to be one of the best parts of X-Men: First Class and its sequels, delivering the exact fusion of regal sophistication and vengeful rage that any good adaptation of Magneto needs.

The question is, of course, whether Fassbender would be willing to reprise the role. After all, he played Magneto four times within the span of seven years, only recently leaving the part after 2019’s disastrous Dark Phoenix. However, if Fassbender does indeed elect to return to the role of the Master of Magnetism, it would be good news