The Avengers: Doomsday Actor Was Thinking About Revenge On Donald Trump While Filming
By Chris Snellgrove | Published
More details to come Avengers: Doomsday have been kept a closely guarded secret. However, we already know the most exciting part of this film: the fact that it will include characters from the original 20th Century Fox X-Men films. Another exciting trailer showed Cyclops unleashing his full power; in another scene, there is a tender encounter between Patrick Stewart’s Professor Xavier and Ian McKellen’s Magneto. The two were bitter enemies in the first films, and there’s something touching about seeing them play a friendly game of chess. The scene was easy to film because Stewart and McKellen are best friends in real life.
While McKellen may be chummy with the one-time rival on and off screen, he’s found a very different enemy in his real-world anger. Recently, the actor attended a film festival in Rome and discussed the details Avengers: Doomsday. This included a note from the Russo Brothers directing the film: namely, that he should look like he really hates what his character is destroying. With that in mind, McKellen yelled “Mar-a-Lago,” indicating his desire for Magneto to destroy President Donald Trump’s Florida home.
Magneto Declares War On Donald Trump
During his interview at the Cinema in Piazza film festival, Ian McKellen talked about juicy details about Avengers: Doomsday. “They got me one time to destroy New Jersey.” This could indicate that Magneto is returning to his evil ways and starting to engage in the kinds of mass destruction that we haven’t seen from the character since. X-Men: Apocalypse. However, this gruesome act may be heroic: recent glimpses of Doomsday it proves the belief that the same facts will start to collide. In the comics, the only way to keep both Worlds from being destroyed is for one to take out the other, so Magneto can fight to save billions of lives.
In any case, the Russo Brothers didn’t like McKellen’s initial portrayal of his character’s abuse. They gave him a simple direction note: according to the actor, “they told me to look very angry: make it look like he hates what destroys.” To do this, McKellen seems to have decided to see something that he would like to see Magneto destroy in real life. To the delight of many in the crowd, McKellen relayed his simple answer to the directors. So I stood there, and I yelled: ‘Mar-a-Lago!’”
There and Back Again: A Mutant Legend
For some, the story of McKellen’s film festival has raised a few eyebrows for a number of reasons. First, it was surprising to hear him get into politics at a film festival dedicated to movies. Second, while he only named a place and not a person, some see this as a threat to Donald Trump; the equivalent of telling the president that, if McKellen actually it was necessary Magneto’s power, he will come and shoot the politician he hates. Now, is that something the Magneto of the comics and movies has done many times? Definitely. But hearing a mythical, supervillain-style threat come out of the beloved actor’s mouth struck a chord with some fans.
In any case, this ended up being a minor thing during the film festival. McKellen didn’t go on to contradict Trump or anything; after sharing strange things Doomsday anecdote, he is focused on other matters, including the fact that he will soon travel to New Zealand to reprise his role as Gandalf in the Andy Serkis film. The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. Will the famous sorcerer be asked to destroy any structures in space, like Barad-Dur? The good news, then: McKellen knows indeed what real world place will he dream about while unleashing his magical fury!
