X-Men executive producer Ralph Winter has revealed that music icon Michael Jackson wanted to play Professor X in the comic-book adaptation.
Winter worked on X-Men for several years before it was eventually turned into a blockbuster in 2000. During this time dozens of actors and celebrities approached him about playing a variety of characters, something that he recently recalled to Observer. “I have lots of warm memories of people that came in wanting to be in the movie.
Michael Jackson was a big comic fan and wanted to play Charles Xavier. Shaquille O’Neal showed up at the offices and wanted to play Forge, who wasn’t in the movie.”The list of people that turned down roles in X-Men is nearly as long, too.
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