Following Sir Patrick Stewart's iconic run, James McAvoy took over the role of Charles Xavier , alias Professor X, the leader and substitute patriarch of the X-Men. He first played the superhero in X-Men: First Class, then reprised his role in X-Men: Days of Future Past , X-Men: Apocalypse , and X-Men: Dark Phoenix .
Speaking at a New York Comic Con panel, McAvoy opened up about his relationship with the films, noting that he goes " back and forth " on which is his favorite. " There's a toss-up between First Class and Days of Future Past ," the actor explained. " I feel First Class sort of tried to do something quite different and do a different kind of tonal approach, if you like, which I thought was really cool. "
He contrasted this with Days of Future Past , whic