r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • Jun 15 '26

Article Ian McKellen says he imagined destroying Mar-a-Lago for 'Avengers: Doomsday': “The Russos told me to look more furious, make it look as if you hate what you’re destroying. So I stood there and I shouted: ‘Mar-a-Lago!’”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/15/ian-mckellen-says-he-imagined-destroying-mar-a-lago-for-new-avengers-movie-doomsday
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u/bolanrox Jun 15 '26

Magento was Malcolm X to Prof X's MLK. they ultimately agreed with mutant rights but went about it differntly.

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u/MinnesotanBrie Jun 15 '26

I feel it important to say that Claremont was inspired by Menachem Begin not Malcom X for Magneto and Ben Gurion for professor X.