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- In 1999, director Bryan Singer asked Ian McKellen to join the cast of X-MEN in the role of Magneto. Along with Blade (1998), X-MEN blazed the trail for other Marvel Comics feature films including Spider Man, Fantastic Four, Iron Man and The Avengers. McKellen has appeared in three more X-MEN films.
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Jul 14, 2000 · X-Men: Directed by Bryan Singer. With Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen. In a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.
- Bryan Singer
- 3 min
Ian McKellen ... Magneto: Famke Janssen ... Jean Grey: James Marsden ... Cyclops: Halle Berry ... Storm: Anna Paquin ... Rogue: Tyler Mane ... Sabretooth: Ray Park ... Toad: Rebecca Romijn ... Mystique (as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) Bruce Davison
Featuring an ensemble cast consisting of Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ray Park, and Anna Paquin, the film depicts a world where an unknown proportion of people are mutants, possessing superhuman powers that make them distrusted by normal humans.
- $296.3 million
- Michael Kamen
- $75 million
Ian McKellen. Famke Janssen. Halle Berry. Anna Paquin. James Marsden. Shawn Ashmore. Rebecca Romijn. James McAvoy. Michael Fassbender. Jennifer Lawrence. Nicholas Hoult. Ryan Reynolds. Maisie Williams. Jackman is the most recurring actor in the franchise, appearing in nine films.
While filming the first X-Men film in 1999, McKellen was cast as the wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King), released between 2001 and 2003.
McKellen found mainstream success with his performance as Magneto in X-Men (2000) and its sequels. His largest mark on the big screen may be as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, which he reprised in "The Hobbit" trilogy.
In 1999, director Bryan Singer asked Ian McKellen to join the cast of X-MEN in the role of Magneto. Along with Blade (1998), X-MEN blazed the trail for other Marvel Comics feature films including Spider Man, Fantastic Four, Iron Man and The Avengers. McKellen has appeared in three more X-MEN films.