Professor X In Doctor Strange 2 Continues MCU's New Defenders Team Setup
Professor X appearing in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness continues the setup for a new Defenders team in the MCU. A shocking cameo in the Doctor Strange 2 trailer revealed that Patrick Stewart is joining the MCU – presumably as Professor Charles Xavier. In both the comics and the movies, Xavier is the founder of the X-Men team and a mentor figure to many of Marvel’s mutant heroes.
Similar to the situation with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield and their versions of Spider-Man, Stewart’s Professor X is from a separate movie franchise. However, the concept of the multiverse has created an opportunity for the studio to bring iconic portrayals of certain Marvel characters into the MCU who couldn’t have worked before. Stewart’s voice saying “we should tell him the truth” in the Doctor Strange 2 trailer reveals that after appearing in various movies as Professor X over a 15-year period, the character may be about to make a surprising jump to the MCU. It would seem that in Doctor Strange’s latest adventure, he’ll be reintroduced as a member of a secretive organization.
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Professor X’s Doctor Strange 2 role hints at the introduction of both the Illuminati and the X-Men, but there’s actually a third superhero team he could help set up. Even though he isn’t directly affiliated with them in Marvel Comics, Professor X could factor into the formation of a comic-accurate Defenders roster. Thanks to Marvel’s Netflix shows, there’s already a live-action Defenders group, but it bears such little resemblance to the classic team that the movies could easily have their own. Here’s how Professor X and the X-Men are connected to the Defenders, and how their
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