Watch X-Men: First Class Trailer – youtu.be bit.ly – Click to Subscribe! Facebook.com – Become a Fan! Twitter.com – Follow Us! Michael Fassbender talks about his new movie ‘X-Men: First Class’, how his character “Erik Lehnsherr” develops his powers to become “Magneto” throughout the film, the difference between “Erik and James McAvoy’s character “Charles Xavier. X-Men: First Class hits theaters on June 3rd, 2011. Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, Benjamin Walker, Lucas Till, Caleb Landry Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Bill Bilner, Oliver Platt, Jason Flemyng, Ray Wise X-Men: First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men. X-Men: First Class clip courtesy 20th Century Fox.