'X-Men' Star James McAvoy Talks Imitating Patrick Stewart (Video)

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
9:02 AM PDT 5/19/2014 by Hilary Lewis

X-Men fans were seeing double on Monday when both the younger and older versions of Professor Xavier appeared on Good Morning America.

James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart each shared their thoughts on the other actor, with McAvoy revealing that he initially shaved his head when he learned he would be playing the younger version of Stewart's character.

"I had showed up on the first day of X-Men: First Class, and I had shaved my head because I wanted to check what it looked like about a month before we started shooting -- and it looked quite good -- and they were like, 'No, no, no, no, we want you to have long hair.' "

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Patrick Stewart goofs on Shakespeare with Chicago improvisers By Darel Jevens on June 2, 2013 8:07 PM |(CHICAGO SUN TIMES)

All seemed routine at the Improvised Shakespeare Company show Friday at iO Theatre until the lights went up and there among the cast was Capt. Picard himself, Patrick Stewart.

The distinguished Shakespearean actor, in Chicago for the Official Star Trek Convention, found time to sit in with the all-male group that vamps an entire play, Bard-style, based on an audience suggestion.

On this night, the title was "The Taming of Winnie-the-Pooh," and the British actor -- no doubt familiar with the tales set in England's Hundred Acre Wood -- fell into the role of Christopher Robin. "He was amazing," said iO owner Charna Halpern. "He didn't miss a beat."

By show's end Stewart had slain the evil King Pooh, won the heart of a maiden (played by company regular Blaine Swen) and inhabited four other characters.

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