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Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, also known as Magneto, is a character primarily portrayed by Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender in 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name , he has appeared in eight installments of the franchise.
Magneto (/ m æ ɡ ˈ n iː t oʊ /; birth name: Max Eisenhardt; alias: Erik Lehnsherr German pronunciation: [ˈeːʁɪk ˈleːnshɛʁ] and Magnus) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men.
This version's real name is Erik Magnus Lehnsherr. McKellen's incarnation appears in X-Men (2000), X2 , and X-Men: The Last Stand in addition to an uncredited appearance in the mid-credits scene of The Wolverine while Fassbender's incarnation appears in X-Men: First Class , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] X-Men: Apocalypse , [ 11 ] and Dark Phoenix .
The first three films in the series are X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), starring Hugh Jackman as James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine, Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier / Professor X, Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, Halle Berry as Ororo Munroe / Storm, Anna Paquin as Marie D'Ancanto ...
But when faced with his entire expansive career, there's one character the 46-year-old star would want to share a meal with: Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto, the anti-hero/villain (depending who you ask ...
First Class is set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and focuses on the relationship between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, 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 Shaw, a mutant supremacist bent on enacting ...
Meanwhile, in Communist Poland, Erik Lehnsherr lives happily with his wife Magda and daughter Nina. During the worldwide disturbances caused by En Sabah Nur, Lehnsherr uses his powers to save a coworker during an earthquake, alerting the Milicja Obywatelska. They hold his daughter hostage in the forest to lure him into turning himself in.
Dear sweet God in heaven, let it be Magneto because ... implying that the movie's budget wasn't big enough to cast its previous stars Ian McKellen or Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto. ...