Michael Fassbender admits that his X-Men character Erik Lehnsherr has great respect for Charles Xavier.
The actor steps into the big budget blockbuster this week with X-Men: First Class as he takes over the role of Magneto.
Set back in the sixties the movie follows Erik and Charles as the gain an understanding of their abilities.
And while the two end up enemies Fassbender knows that their relationship is built on respect.
Speaking to the Birmingham Post the actor said: "Charles is someone Erik greatly respects and likes from the beginning though he (Erik) is a very untrusting person.
"Hopefully the audience will feel that loss when the relationship fractures and eventually breaks.
"But there’s always going to be that respect between them, between great leaders and enemies who’ll sit down and have a cup of coffee and discuss things on their downtime."
X-Men: First Class out now.
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