Young Xavier Casting thread

[FaT_tONle]

No ideas coming to my mind now... post ideas here of who you think would make the perfect Charles Xavier since we know he'll be in the film...

[RaisingStorm]

dang thats a hard one, is hard to think about it cause most younger actors have their metro sexual feathery puffy or spikey har, and I kinda need to picture them bald to see some Charles, I dunno, I'm going to say Josh Harnett just cause he has some facial features and because I cant really think of anybody else.

[phoenix_force]

tom rothman

[Manic]

dang thats a hard one, is hard to think about it cause most younger actors have their metro sexual feathery puffy or spikey har, and I kinda need to picture them bald to see some Charles
That's the hard part, isn't it? Very few young actors today are bald, and some of the ones with hair probably wouldn't look very good without hair. And any version of Charles above the age of 13 needs to be bald.

And we need someone English. And not just English, but with Patrick Stewart's stage-born accent (even Patrick didn't learn to speak like that until adulthood). And since Xavier is basically an American who spent a lot of time in Oxford, I'll even accept a half-assed accent. Maybe.

[MJB]

Jude law or the guy that played a younger picard in that last Star trek flick.

[grey_jeanie]

God no!

[Exploding Boy]

What about that guy from whats it called....Smallville! He's bald

[ComicKoryn]

lol, lets find anyone who's bald and cast them immediately!

[Lil_Flip246]

Jude Law looks nothing like him!!!

[cookiva]

How about William Moseley from Narnia. He played Peter. Check out some pics....

[The Geek Vault]

patrick stewart made to look younger.

[Nathan]

How about the guy that played the young Picard (sp?) in the Star Trek Movie?

[Spider-Fan83]

that guy who plays lex on smallesville
http://www.leflt.com/annuseries/encyclopedie/personnalite/img/183.jpg LOL

[FaT_tONle]

Just cast the young Dr. Evil in Austin Powers 3

[ru8up75]

How about the guy that played the young Picard (sp?) in the Star Trek Movie?

yeah i think he would be good... i mean he has already done it once

[Abe Rush]

... but how young should the actor be?

When do Magneto and Professor X actually meet for the 1st time?

[Kurt Wagner]

http://www.melofanas.lt/katalogas/images/goods/32558_Billy_Zane.jpg
Billy Zane

[HERCULES]

http://www.melofanas.lt/katalogas/images/goods/32558_Billy_Zane.jpg
Billy Zane

I like Zane quite a bit but he always seemed more like a villain. But that's just me. I can't really think of any actors that'd fit the young Prof. Guess they could always go with an unknown.

[Penguin]

Paul Bettny

[batboy99]

^no

[Spider-Fan83]

How about the guy that played the young Picard (sp?) in the Star Trek Movie?

are we talking about Tom Hardy, of Star Trek: Nemesis ?
http://img.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/021212/182851__star_l.jpg
http://www.scifidimensions.com/Dec02/18491.jpg

cause, ya, I see that wotking

[miltonh]

Emile Hirsch

http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/g/S/O/alphadogprempic20.jpg

[Golgo-13]

What about that guy from whats it called....Smallville! He's bald
That's exactly who i was thinking. I don't even watch the show but he was the first person to come to mind.

The guy that plays Luther, right?

[Nokio]

Well I may be wrong, but was Xavier bald when he was young? The guy from the last Star Trek who played the clone or Eddie Redmayne, the I the guy that played Matt Damon's son in The Good Shepard.

[nosebleed.]

Hugh Jackman from The Fountain

http://www.tranism.com/weblog/images/thefountain_trailershot.jpghttp://www.cinemablend.com/images/news_img/3934/3934.jpg

[javphonic]

are we talking about Tom Hardy, of Star Trek: Nemesis ?
http://img.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/021212/182851__star_l.jpg
http://www.scifidimensions.com/Dec02/18491.jpg

cause, ya, I see that wotking
I agree

[Tempest19]

Hugh Jackman from The Fountain

http://www.tranism.com/weblog/images/thefountain_trailershot.jpghttp://www.cinemablend.com/images/news_img/3934/3934.jpg

Hugh approaches Patrick Stuart...

HUGH: Hey, Patrick. Just got off with MARVEL. Turns out I'm playing the young you.

PATRICK: Hmm, come again?

HUGH: Yeah. Apparently Xavier and Wolverine are one and the same. So, yeah- I'm the young Xavier.

PATRICK: How is that possible?

Hugh thinks about it...

HUGH: Let me get back to you on that.

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Michael Rosenbaum could be great for the role. Not because he's bald, but I can see him making the similar speeches a young Xavier would to Magneato.

[TNC9852002]

Hmmm@Tom Hardy

-TNC

[Deep Thinkin'!]

Hugh Jackman from The Fountain

http://www.tranism.com/weblog/images/thefountain_trailershot.jpghttp://www.cinemablend.com/images/news_img/3934/3934.jpg

:dry:

Uh, yeah...

[nosebleed.]

Hugh approaches Patrick Stuart...

HUGH: Hey, Patrick. Just got off with MARVEL. Turns out I'm playing the young you.

PATRICK: Hmm, come again?

HUGH: Yeah. Apparently Xavier and Wolverine are one and the same. So, yeah- I'm the young Xavier.

PATRICK: How is that possible?

Hugh thinks about it...

HUGH: Let me get back to you on that.

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Michael Rosenbaum could be great for the role. Not because he's bald, but I can see him making the similar speeches a young Xavier would to Magneato.

:dry:

Uh, yeah...

Meh..you guys lack vision.

[Mr. Superhero]

Why don't they just re-cast Patrick Stewart for the role of Charles Xavier?

[Deep Thinkin'!]

Meh..you guys lack vision.

Oh, I can see it alright.

"Not only is Hugh playing Wolverine and the Professor, he's playing Jubilee! Oh, and let's not forget he's playing Cyclops too!"

[ThatDamnNinja]

We must cast someone who is already bald, because, as any comic book fan and would-be casting director will tell you, it is completely impossible for a person to shave their head.

[Spider-Fan83]

Why don't they just re-cast Patrick Stewart for the role of Charles Xavier?
were talking about a young Xavier in his 20s - 30s
even if they use the de ageing program that they used at the begining of x3, that can only take him back so, far
this movie is a prequal after all

[nosebleed.]

Oh, I can see it alright.

"Not only is Hugh playing Wolverine and the Professor, he's playing Jubilee! Oh, and let's not forget he's playing Cyclops too!"

psh...So Wolverine is supposed to be in the Magneto movie? Hugh is a great actor who could bring great character to prof x...he looks totally different from his Wolverine character with his head shaved off. And with his acting chops he can pull it off. Who cares if he's Wolverine? But you're great at sarcasm so let's hear more.

[ThatDamnNinja]

psh...So Wolverine is supposed to be in the Magneto movie? Hugh is a great actor who could bring great character to prof x...he looks totally different from his Wolverine character with his head shaved off. And with his acting chops he can pull it off. Who cares if he's Wolverine? But you're great at sarcasm so let's hear more.

He couldn't play Wolverine even if Wolverine isn't in the movie. An actor playing two distinctly different characters within the same universe doesn't work. I mean, it's bothersome enough to see an actor play two different comic book characters that aren't even in the same universe. In the context of the X-Men film universe, Hugh Jackman is Wolverine and Wolverine is Hugh Jackman.

[nosebleed.]

He couldn't play Wolverine even if Wolverine isn't in the movie. An actor playing two distinctly different characters within the same universe doesn't work. I mean, it's bothersome enough to see an actor play two different comic book characters that aren't even in the same universe. In the context of the X-Men film universe, Hugh Jackman is Wolverine and Wolverine is Hugh Jackman.

This rule is stated where? Its only bothersome because you are being close minded. Hugh Jackman is a VERY versatile actor that goes from musicals to being frikkin Wolverine...you think he can't stretch his acting chops a little to play a young Prof X? That's just being too fanboyish.

[spideyboy_1111]

hugh jackman is too old to play young xavier... this is the years right after magneto's concentration camp

[batboy99]

one, who the hell would want hugh as prof x in the first place?

[Deep Thinkin'!]

psh...So Wolverine is supposed to be in the Magneto movie? Hugh is a great actor who could bring great character to prof x...he looks totally different from his Wolverine character with his head shaved off. And with his acting chops he can pull it off. Who cares if he's Wolverine? But you're great at sarcasm so let's hear more.

Hugh is my all time favorite actor, and I know he could pull it off, but for the X-Men movies, that is too much over exposure.

The Prof would have a lead roll in the Magneto movie, and Hugh is already staring in his own character's movie.

Yeah he could, but that would be way too much. FOX would be out of their minds. They know the fans aren't blind, and the majority would hate it.

I'm not trying to pick on you, but it's just that Hugh has gotten so much screen time in the movies, a lot of people could and would ignore a lot of the good stuff he did in the movies because we saw so much of him.

I love Hugh to the very death, but it's just way WAY too much. :csad:

[ThatDamnNinja]

This rule is stated where? Its only bothersome because you are being close minded. Hugh Jackman is a VERY versatile actor that goes from musicals to being frikkin Wolverine...you think he can't stretch his acting chops a little to play a young Prof X? That's just being too fanboyish.

I don't doubt that he COULD. He's a great actor, and I would be perfectly willing to consider the choice is he wasn't already Wolverine. I just think it's ridiculous to have Professor X played by the same guy who is already playing Wolverine, when it isn't even as if he is far and away the best choice for the role. I mean, while we're at it, why don't we have Topher Grace play Spider-Man in the next Spider-Man movie? Let's recast Mary Jane and have Kirsten Dunst play Black Cat!

[*ANTHONY*]

I think that guy who played young Hannibal is good to cast.

[ESchorcho]

I think that guy who played young Hannibal is good to cast.

I didn't see Hannibal Rising yet. Did he have a shaved head in the movie? I don't care about his acting, but he MUST already be bald to play Charles Xavier as a youngster.

Actually, I'm just laughing at people throwing out names for actors that are already bald. Acting ability should matter the most. They did invent these things called razors a while back...

[nosebleed.]

hugh jackman is too old to play young xavier... this is the years right after magneto's concentration camp

I did not know that. I haven't read any details about when the story would take place. Noted.

one, who the hell would want hugh as prof x in the first place?

I'd love to see what he'd do with the role...he's a chameleon.

Hugh is my all time favorite actor, and I know he could pull it off, but for the X-Men movies, that is too much over exposure.

The Prof would have a lead roll in the Magneto movie, and Hugh is already staring in his own character's movie.

Yeah he could, but that would be way too much. FOX would be out of their minds. They know the fans aren't blind, and the majority would hate it.

I'm not trying to pick on you, but it's just that Hugh has gotten so much screen time in the movies, a lot of people could and would ignore a lot of the good stuff he did in the movies because we saw so much of him.

I love Hugh to the very death, but it's just way WAY too much. :csad:

As if Fox gave a damn what the fans wanted. X-Men 3? Hello? Besides, I KNOW its not realistically going to happen. But he would be a damn fine choice. As I've said before, he is a chameleon when it comes to his roles and I'm sure he would be able to COMPLETELY convince people that he is the young Prof X.

I don't doubt that he COULD. He's a great actor, and I would be perfectly willing to consider the choice is he wasn't already Wolverine. I just think it's ridiculous to have Professor X played by the same guy who is already playing Wolverine, when it isn't even as if he is far and away the best choice for the role. I mean, while we're at it, why don't we have Topher Grace play Spider-Man in the next Spider-Man movie? Let's recast Mary Jane and have Kirsten Dunst play Black Cat!

Jackman is the exception...that is why I picked him in the first place. He is far and away a much better actor than Topher AND Kirsten...its ridiculous to compare them to him. And besides...this movie is a spin off...not X-Men 4. Quit being so close minded...this is a "Who would you cast" type thread and I pick him...its not like I have a decision in casting...ITS NOT REAL! So bleh on everyone's "He's already playing Wolverine, blah, blah, bleh, bleh" speakings.

[Deep Thinkin'!]

As if Fox gave a damn what the fans wanted. X-Men 3? Hello? Besides, I KNOW its not realistically going to happen. But he would be a damn fine choice. As I've said before, he is a chameleon when it comes to his roles and I'm sure he would be able to COMPLETELY convince people that he is the young Prof X.

I completely agree. :up:

[Mr. Socko]

http://limpet.net/mbrubeck/images/misc/2006/xmen-3-leech.jpg

[DyneHaZ]

wentworth miller

[BobJM]

My guess is that Xavier and Magneto will meet in their late 20s, early 30s.

Someone mentioned Gaspard Ulliel from Hannibal Rising, but I seem him as Magneto, definitely not Prof. X.

For Xavier, though, I honestly have no idea...

[flavio_lebeau]

Britney, *****.

Ok, I humbly bow out after this lame joke.

[miltonh]

Ben Whishaw?

http://vmagazine.com/cms/files/v44film_wishawM.jpg

http://www.elle.de/iimages/72/EA4cGU2Yqt2dPdiVCtpiy7AVqsoABfmzV_4L1p6zKiI=.jpg

http://galleries.lycos.co.uk/d/16793-5/Ben-Whishaw.jpg

[Batman1987]

Haley Joel Osment?
http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/07/20/osment.jpghttp://www.nndb.com/people/216/000024144/patrick-stewart.jpg

[Green Goblin 1964]

http://www.melofanas.lt/katalogas/images/goods/32558_Billy_Zane.jpg
Billy ZaneSorry he's already playing Luthor in JLA:oldrazz:

hopefully.:dry:

[Green Goblin 1964]

Haley Joel Osment?
http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/07/20/osment.jpghttp://www.nndb.com/people/216/000024144/patrick-stewart.jpgHEEEEEEEELLL no.

[Superhero 101]

Michael Rosenbaum

[batboy99]

die...Emile Hirsch

http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/g/S/O/alphadogprempic20.jpg

[Electrix]

Hugh Dancy, He is British.

http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/premiere_photo/20050906/00/2616249991.jpghttp://paper5.client.logicworks.net/blogs/hugh_dancy.jpg

[_BB_]

Haley Joel Osment?
http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/07/20/osment.jpghttp://www.nndb.com/people/216/000024144/patrick-stewart.jpg

eeeeww

I see dead people kid grew up FUGLY

[TKing]

Matthew Marsden (British)

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-content/photos/sm2preg_1.jpg

[Electrix]

Him from Corrie and Black Hawn Down :D

Neto Magnus did a cool manip of Patrick Wilson as Xavier.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7530/uxmxaviervl9.jpg

[TKing]

Yep :D, I've also seen Marsden in DOA and Resident Evil: Extinction

That is a pretty cool manip. :up:

[Spider-Fan83]

how about?
Sebastian Stan (from The Covenant)
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/8217/vlcsnap291502kl4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659221/

[javphonic]

HEEEEEEEELLL no.
ThankYOU

wow, this is... off

[javphonic]

Haley Joel Osment?
http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/07/20/osment.jpghttp://www.nndb.com/people/216/000024144/patrick-stewart.jpg
eek

[Otto Octavius]

I'd pick

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/samskywalker_2007/0AA-7.jpg

:up: :woot: :up:

[Spider-Fan83]

Mark Webber
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4395/8440349600fc0.jpg (http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Events/5033/8440349_600.jpg)http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7417/57495650ho3.jpg (http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/57495650.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939847EC77F5F8D1CEC904DB0F9FB3723E A40A659CEC4C8CB6)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916407/

[Otto Octavius]

Mark Webber
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4395/8440349600fc0.jpg (http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Events/5033/8440349_600.jpg)http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7417/57495650ho3.jpg (http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/57495650.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939847EC77F5F8D1CEC904DB0F9FB3723E A40A659CEC4C8CB6)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916407/


ehhhhhhhh :huh:

[Spider-Fan83]

ehhhhhhhh :huh:
it was a joke, cuase he had a shaved head, since everyone just suggetions every bald or shaved actor out there :whatever: like you suggestioning, Rosenbaum

[Magneto]

They should just use make up to make Patrick Stewart look younger

[Spider-Fan83]

They should just use make up to make Patrick Stewart look younger
that can only take him back so, far, like 50's, maybe at the most later 40s

if they show him, as 20-30s, no make up or digital touch ups can do that

[Magneto]

maybe

[The Bat]

I'd pick

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/samskywalker_2007/0AA-7.jpg

:up: :woot: :up:



Now You've got it....PERFECT casting!!

[Sawyer]

I've got a few choices who I think could fit...
David Anders
http://koolbirks.com/misc/anders.jpg
http://www.heroesfanatic.com/images/gallery/david-anders-picture.jpg

Henry Ian Cusick
http://www.michellerowen.com/blog/uploaded_images/henry-703019.jpg
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/hot-list-henry-ian-cusick-2.jpg

James Callis
http://celebrity-pics.movieeye.com/celebrity_pictures/James_Callis_821545.jpg

However, I have no idea what any of them would look like bald.

[November Rain]

britney spears