Current Events > MarvelStudios is reportedly considering Black actors for the role of Professor X

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BlueTigerLion
05/16/25 2:54:53 PM
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https://x.com/MCU_Direct/status/1923412317460447420

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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC
05/16/25 2:55:55 PM
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I've heard rumors that they'd be tying Prof X & Magento into the Civil Rights movement instead of the Holocaust, so that might be why.

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Jupiter
05/16/25 2:56:57 PM
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Can't wait to see all of the idiots scream woke.

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Dakimakura
05/16/25 2:57:54 PM
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hopefully

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boxoto
05/16/25 2:58:09 PM
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on one hand, I think it could be cool depending on how the casting/story is handled, but on the other, this rumor has been around for years, and I feel it's something someone (unofficial) posted somewhere, and it's been its own self-perpetuating thing ever since

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TheLiarParadox
05/16/25 3:02:59 PM
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Too bad Lance Reddick is gone :(

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Cartoon_Quoter
05/16/25 3:03:28 PM
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The I'mnotaracist,buts aren't going to like this.

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ReturnOfDevsman
05/16/25 3:04:31 PM
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masterpug53
05/16/25 3:05:03 PM
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I really, really want to see Denzel as Magneto.

I also thought Giancarlo Esposito would've been a great Prof. X, but the MCU already wasted him on...whoever he played in Brave New World.

DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC posted...
I've heard rumors that they'd be tying Prof X & Magento into the Civil Rights movement instead of the Holocaust, so that might be why.

The Rwandan genocide would line up more-or-less chronologically with a modern rebooted Magneto.

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DoesntMatter
05/16/25 3:05:13 PM
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TheLiarParadox posted...
Too bad Lance Reddick is gone :(
i thought the same exact thing, wtf

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DodogamaRayBrst
05/16/25 3:05:46 PM
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Time has come for the return of the mathematical genius Terrence Howard.
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NoxObscuras
05/16/25 3:07:31 PM
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Tracy Morgan

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Hayame_Zero
05/16/25 3:08:07 PM
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I would assume they're considering people of color for every role, even with no confirmation of it. This seems like something that's not really news, but is just trying to garner clicks.

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NightRender
05/16/25 3:08:56 PM
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They should cast an Asian actor. We just had the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon.

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VeggetaX
05/16/25 3:09:28 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
Tracy Morgan

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Lmao

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DoesntMatter
05/16/25 3:10:04 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
Tracy Morgan

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lmfao

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SgtBash
05/16/25 3:11:08 PM
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Sir Patrick Stewart will always be Professor X to me

But if they do have the role played by a Black actor then I'd pick Peter Mensah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mensah

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BlueBoy675
05/16/25 3:12:11 PM
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Jupiter posted...
Can't wait to see all of the idiots scream woke.
X-Men fans complaining about wokeness is like the funniest shit to me. Like, way to completely miss the point of the work lol

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Tyranthraxus
05/16/25 3:12:45 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/97d4e048.jpg

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Dakimakura
05/16/25 3:12:47 PM
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Wasn't it already confirmed that Patrick Stewart is coming back? Or are they going to have him hand down the mantle to a new person?

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Tyranthraxus
05/16/25 3:14:19 PM
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Dakimakura posted...
Wasn't it already confirmed that Patrick Stewart is coming back? Or are they going to have him hand down the mantle to a new person?

Patrick Stewart Xavier is dead and even before he died he had dementia.

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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC
05/16/25 3:18:40 PM
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Hayame_Zero posted...
I would assume they're considering people of color for every role, even with no confirmation of it. This seems like something that's not really news, but is just trying to garner clicks.
In a backwards way, it reminds me of a story about college football.

Back in the 60s, the Southeastern Conference sponsored a group called the "Sky Writers", which were writers from every major-city SEC newspaper, and they would fly them around to all the big schools training camps. This was within a year or two after Bear Bryant had broken the SEC color barrier.

The Sky Writers were at Ole Miss and someone asked the coach, Johnny Vaught, if he was going to start recruting Black athletes. Vaught said "As long as I am the head coach at the University of Mississippi, never!"

The writers start typing this up...except for John Logue, of the Atlanta Journal. One of his buddies asks him "Aren't you gonna write what Vought said?"

Logue replied "How is it news? What am I supposed to write, 'For the fiftieth straight year, Ole Miss is not going to recruit Black athletes'?"


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Tora_Sami
05/16/25 3:23:45 PM
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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC posted...
I've heard rumors that they'd be tying Prof X & Magento into the Civil Rights movement instead of the Holocaust, so that might be why.

This actually sounds cool as fuck. I'm down.

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Ivynn
05/16/25 3:24:30 PM
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Too bad they wasted Giancarlo Esposito.

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DoesntMatter
05/16/25 3:24:45 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/97d4e048.jpg
now we need Keanu Reeves to play Jubilee

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UnfairRepresent
05/16/25 3:25:17 PM
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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC posted...
I've heard rumors that they'd be tying Prof X & Magento into the Civil Rights movement
So who's gonna tell him?

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DodogamaRayBrst
05/16/25 3:25:20 PM
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Ivynn posted...
Too bad they wasted Giancarlo Esposito.
We're talking about the studio that is casting Roberto Downy Jr as Doctor Doom, right?
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JaiCSC
05/16/25 3:29:33 PM
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About a year ago I read rumours that Giancarlo Esposito was in talks to play Xavier.

I really dug that idea.

Too bad he was wasted on that nothing villain in Captain America Brave New World.

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Smashingpmkns
05/16/25 3:31:54 PM
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Just do Giancarlo. Not like people watched the movie he was in anyway

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bloodyarts
05/16/25 3:40:03 PM
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The world is not ready.
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UnsteadyOwl
05/16/25 3:41:34 PM
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TheLiarParadox posted...
Too bad Lance Reddick is gone :(
Damn. This post made me sad. He would have been an awesome Professor X.

Smashingpmkns posted...
Just do Giancarlo. Not like people watched the movie he was in anyway
Yeah, if Giancarlo is the best choice for the role then cast him. It's not that big a deal that he's already played another character.

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gikos
05/16/25 3:43:38 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Just do Giancarlo. Not like people watched the movie he was in anyway
i agree he would be a great great prof x
masterpug53 posted...
I really, really want to see Denzel as Magneto.
same get him to play it while he is still in his prime disney

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Rioushu
05/16/25 3:45:08 PM
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Xavier's whiteness is integral to his character. This is a man that resents that he's an outsider, a minority in the tiers of society. It's the same reason he resents his disability, he's a man of privilege that desperately wants mutants to be accepted by humans to the point that he's willing to compromise the dignity of mutants to get there.

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BlueBoy675
05/16/25 3:46:46 PM
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Rioushu posted...
Xavier's whiteness is integral to his character. This is a man that resents that he's an outsider, a minority in the tiers of society. It's the same reason he resents his disability, he's a man of privilege that desperately wants mutants to be accepted by humans to the point that he's willing to compromise the dignity of mutants to get there.
Literally all of that can still work if hes black

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UnfairRepresent
05/16/25 3:48:22 PM
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Rioushu posted...
Xavier's whiteness is integral to his character.
https://i.imgur.com/N5QUDX9.png

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NoxObscuras
05/16/25 3:48:59 PM
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If they brought Giancarlo back, I'd rather see him as Magneto

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ReturnOfDevsman
05/16/25 3:50:36 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
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Owwwwwwwwwwwwww

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XxKrazyChaosxX
05/16/25 3:58:38 PM
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Idris Elba as both Xavier and Magneto.

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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC
05/16/25 4:06:53 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
I really, really want to see Denzel as Magneto.

He's 70. Not really the "in it for the long haul" type anymore.


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2001mark
05/16/25 4:17:55 PM
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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC posted...
I've heard rumors that they'd be tying Prof X & Magento into the Civil Rights movement instead of the Holocaust, so that might be why.
I like it.
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DrizztLink
05/16/25 4:21:06 PM
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2001mark posted...
I like it.
Either that or make Mags Tutsi.

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VRX3000
05/16/25 4:22:00 PM
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Makes sense. Mutants were originally an allegory for racism. This would just bring it full circle

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McMarbles
05/16/25 4:23:10 PM
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Whats Avery Brooks up to?

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Tanthalas
05/16/25 4:24:33 PM
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Yeah, hard to keep Magneto linked to the Holocaust, but I don't think the civil rights movement is horrible enough to compare. The Rwanda genocide would fit better with the timeline anyway, but it's not something as visible in the USA.

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Tyranthraxus
05/16/25 4:30:00 PM
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Tanthalas posted...
Yeah, hard to keep Magneto linked to the Holocaust, but I don't think the civil rights movement is horrible enough to compare. The Rwanda genocide would fit better with the timeline anyway, but it's not something as visible in the USA.

Needs to be a fictional genocide in Latveria. X-Men was just basically whatever Stan Lee saw on the news that day. We can come up with a better deliberate story. Plus it's an easy connect to Doctor Doom for whatever crossovers.

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NoxObscuras
05/16/25 4:34:01 PM
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Tanthalas posted...
Yeah, hard to keep Magneto linked to the Holocaust, but I don't think the civil rights movement is horrible enough to compare. The Rwanda genocide would fit better with the timeline anyway, but it's not something as visible in the USA.
Yeah it makes sense that they'd have to update their origins if the movies are taking place in modern times. Just like they changed Iron Man's original captivity from Vietnam to Afghanistan, to make more sense in modern times.

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Ivynn
05/16/25 4:37:39 PM
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I do feel it's kinda bad to take away an iconic Jewish character like Magneto from Jewish fans so I'm not as big on raceswapping him compared to Prof X.

But it is getting harder and harder to connect him to the Holocaust as the years go by.

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