Who plays the part of Charles Xavier in the 2011 film `X-Men First Class'?
X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Class (stylized onscreen as X: First Class) is a 2011 American superhero film, based on the X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics. The fifth installment in the "X-Men" film series, the film was directed by Matthew Vaughn and produced by Bryan Singer. The story is set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and focuses on the relationship between Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy), and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (Michael Fassbender), and the origin of their groups—the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants, respectively, as they deal with the Hellfire Club led by Sebastian
X-Men: First Class ensemble, even if they did not work together in the comics. Shuler Donner later said that the original idea was to green-light "First Class" depending on the success of "X-Men Origins: Magneto". That project was seeking approval to film in Washington, D.C., and by December 2008, Goyer said filming would begin if "" was successful. The story was moved forward to 1962, and involves Xavier and Magneto battling a villain. In 2008, Josh Schwartz was hired to write the screenplay, while declining the possibility of directing "X-Men: First Class". Fox later approached Bryan Singer, director of "X-Men" and "X2", in