I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'Magneto' believes that 'Cyclops' and 'Wolverine' both serve a good purpose. But he believes the help they provide only goes so far.
It's pretty simple, really: I love the X-Men. They were my favorite heroes when I was a kid. My dad and I collected X-Men comics together, and I know it would have made him proud to see me writing 'Uncanny X-Men.'
The great thing about 'X-Men' is that it takes characters that are quite firmly established in the comics and puts them in new contexts.
There were only a couple of Marvel characters I read. I read 'Iron Man.' I have a lot of those. And this was the time they tried X-Factor out. I was never an X-Men person, but I was like, 'Let me check out X-Factor.' I was more of a DC guy in general.
I didn't follow the whole 'X-Men' story because it got too complicated. I'd pick up a comic book and have no idea what was going on.
I'm a fan of X-men.
The comic book fans, especially 'X-Men' fans, are so serious about their comic book.
I can say I'm not doing 'X-Men.' I love the franchise, and I love the people who make them on and off screen.
The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto in the 'X-Men' movies.
I never read any of the comics, but I grew up on the animated series when I was a little kid - I guess it came out in 1992. So I've always been an 'X-Men' fan.