Patrick Stewart Was Unsure About Reprising Professor X After Logan
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Patrick Stewart confesses that he was apprehensive about returning to his Professor X role prior to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Stewart first took on the role of Professor Charles Xavier in 2000's X-Men and has reprised the character multiple times throughout the years, most recently in Multiverse of Madness. The 2011 X-Men reboot saw James McAvoy take over as Charles Xavier, but Stewart would later reprise his role in films likeX-Men: Days of Future Past and Logan.
Over the course of his X-Men career, Stewart’s Xavier has been put through the wringer as his character was violently killed in half of his on-screen appearances. However, these deaths didn’t usually last long. After Mystique’s timeline-altering decision in X-Men: Days of Future Past brought Xavier back to life yet again, Professor X still had more tragedy to follow. In what many believed to be Stewart’s final appearance as Xavier, the telepath was one of several X-Men characters who died protecting a younger generation of mutants in Logan.
Related: Every Time Professor X Died In The Movies (And How He Returned)
On account of the apparent finality of his last appearance, Stewart admitted during an interview with Variety that he was unsure about returning to the role. Thankfully, Stewart didn’t let this worry dishearten him as he reprised Professor X once more in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Stewart’s break from the X-Men gave him some new perspectives and allowed him to bring some fresh takes to the character. After seeing the results, Stewart was pleased to be a part of the film in spite of initial concerns. Read his full quote below:
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