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Patrick Stewart on Playing Charles Xavier Again in ‘Doctor Strange 2’: ‘I Was a Little Unsure at First’

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterEver 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. If Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) was going to go traipsing through the multiverse, why couldn’t he come across a universe that contained a Charles Xavier who looked and sounded remarkably like Patrick Stewart?

A couple weeks after the “Doctor Strange 2” Super Bowl trailer premiered, Stewart confirmed he was in the movie, and Marvel and Disney have since further teased the actor’s appearance as Prof.

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