despite the movie-verse's misrepresentation of magneto "physically," which i completely agree is off-base, mckellen does an excellent job portraying magneto's haunting, villainous nature. the scene that stands out most to me when i think of his performance as magneto is when xavier goes to visit him in the plastic prison (the triskelion(sp?) in the ultimate universe) and magneto is so ghostly with his responses, and in portraying his relationship with xavier. grade a work.
Originally posted by Nathaniel Grey
Sir Ian Mckellen is an excellent actor. Unfortunately I think he was miscast for the role of Magneto. He comes across as more of a crippled old codger than a physically fit despot. ❌
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Yes, McKellen did an excellent job as an actor and played the character quite well but he just didn't have the look I was expecting. Personally I would have considered casting Julian Sands ( Known for; Boxing Helena, The Killing Fields, Warlock & Rose Red. ) And IF he could act better, which he can't Dolph Lundgren could have made an interesting Magnus.