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Ian McKellen: "Being a mutant in X-Men is a metaphor for being an outcast"

Ian McKellen (above) has played Magneto since 1999.

In an interview with The New Paper in London recently, the 74-year-old English actor said his homosexuality helped him play the antagonistic character.

“Being a mutant in the X-Men universe is a metaphor for being an outcast of society; being black, Jewish or gay. That was my ‘in’ to the character (of Magneto), to understand how it felt to be discriminated against," he told reporters in a press interview for the upcoming film X-Men: Days of Future Past at London's Claridge's hotel.
 
He continued: “Would you rather be born a mutant or a generic? It’s a valid question.” 
 

Read the full report in The New Paper on Wednesday (May 14).