Ever since Patrick Stewart’s singular voice rang out in the Super Bowl trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” fans have eagerly awaited the return — really, the resurrection — of Professor Charles Xavier, the role Stewart played seven times over 17 years as part of 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men” movie franchise.In 2017’s “Logan,” Stewart seemingly said goodbye to Prof.
X — quite literally, since the character dies.
And when Disney purchased 20th Century Fox in 2019, that appeared to be final nail in Stewart’s tenure in the role, given that the X-Men would now enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe, primed for a full reboot.But then Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige brought the multiverse into the MCU, allowing for, among other things, multiple Lokis — including an alligator Loki and Richard E.
Grant Loki — and three different Peter Parkers played by Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland.
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