I'll always remember a drunken discussion with my best mate walking home and we were talking about who would be the X-Men a good few years before the first film was released. We didn't hesitate in both naming him but it was a great surprise to see him get the role as Hollywood can often ignore the obvious choice.
Stewart told a great story about how he got the role as Xavier. He went to meet a casting agent who handed him an X-Men comic with Professor X on the front. He looked at it and said "Why am I on the cover of a comic book?"

