Professor Xavier
The X-Men movie series began in the year 2000Â with the first offering in the franchise – X-Men – and a further movies have been made since. Professor Xavier has appeared, in some capacity, in all movies to date.
The character has been portrayed by multiple actors in that time, (some examples are:Â Patrick Stewart as the older adult version, James McAvoy as the younger adult version and Laurence Belcher as the child version) and is starting to feel somewhat overused.
As the mentor of the titular team, he was bound to appear prominently in the franchise, but squeezing him in wherever possible is appearance overkill.
Bearing in mind that some great mutant heroes like Cable, Rachel Summers, X-Man and Magik are yet to appear at all in the franchise, it’s hard not to feel Xavier is getting in the way.
