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No one would argue that X-Men:Dark Phoenix is about Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey and how she is influenced by the Phoenix force. However, much to the delight of James McAvoy who has played Charles Xavier in previous X-Men films, it will also allow him to explore Xavier’s more corrupt side. He revealed this in a recent interview with Comicbook.Com.
It’s great. I’ve always thought that Charles’ Achilles heel or potentially massive Achilles heel, huge Achilles heal, is his vanity and his ego. And that definitely is what is getting in front of him in this film. And that’s expressed in a kind of geopolitical scale, what he’s become, instead of this teacher, leader, healer type figure that he’s always been in the past. He’s a politician.
While it is debatable whether being a “politician” makes one a villain, it is certainly outside of Xavier’s normal bailiwick. When contemplating what position Xavier might ultimately seek, McAvoy has his ideas:
Head of the UN, something like that. He’s a politician, and he’s more concerned with the message than the application of that message. And it was fun. It was really good to see that actually get investigated.
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