Ian McKellen wants the fourth X-Men
Even though there are no current plans for a fourth X-Men film, Ian McKellen says he'd be up for playing Magneto again according to PEOPLE.
"There is a script knocking around for a spinoff, but it will be a younger Magneto, so if I were involved it would be just topping and tailing the story," the actor, 69, tells BBC News.
McKellen isn't the only one eager to see the master of magnetism threaten the silver screen again. He says Marvel Comics sees the character of Magneto – a Holocaust survivor who leads an army of oppressed, super-powered mutants – as someone almost anyone can relate to.
"Marvel told me that this is their favorite because it has a social purpose and the strongest demographic are young blacks, Jews and gays who respond to the idea that society does treat some adults as mutants," says McKellen, who is openly gay. "And that was what initially appealed to me about the story."
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