Magneto

Magneto is a central character to all the X-Men movies so far. While in First Class he was a hero on his path to becoming a villain, in Days of Future Past he played both of the roles – the Ian McKellen version from the future trying to protect what was left of humanity and mutants alike, while the Michael Fassbender version of the past wanted to instill fear in the humans by killing the president and his staff of live television.

From what we know, after the events of the previous installment Magneto goes into seclusion and tries to forget all about his wars. Apparently, he falls in love only to have his newfound happiness destroyed – most likely, through the death of his girlfriend. Given his believes, it isn’t too hard to understand why he is so easy to manipulate by Apocalypse into becoming one of the 4 Horsemen.

As far as Magneto is concerned, X-Men: Apocalypse looks to be a revenge story, in which the Master of Magnetism seeks to destroy humanity for killing his lover (granted he wanted the same thing in previous movies, but for other reasons). Can we expect a sort of twist in here?

Of course we can. Apocalypse certainly knows how powerful and how great a potential Magneto has. But he also knows how adamant the mutant is in his beliefs – so Apoc must find a way to lure him back. Of course, this is just a rumor – but one worth mentioning.

Just how powerful will Magneto become after Apocalypse bestows even more power in him? We have no idea – but if he was able to lift an entire stadium in the previous installment, we can only guess how tremendous a foe he will become.