Before he was Professor X, he was Charles. Before he was Magneto, he was Erik. Before they were enemies, they were allies

Contents 1 Appearances 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Links and References

Appearances

Featured Characters:

• X-Men (First appearance chronologically)
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier) (First appearance chronologically)
  • Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) (First appearance chronologically)
  • Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (First appearance)
  • Havok (Alex Summers) (First appearance)
  • Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (First appearance chronologically)
  • Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (First appearance chronologically)

Supporting Characters:

• Darwin (Armando Muñoz) (Only appearance; dies)
• Central Intelligence Agency
  • Moira MacTaggert (Leaves Team)
  • "The Man in Black" (Only appearance; dies)

Villains:

• Hellfire Club (First appearance)
  • Sebastian Shaw (Only appearance; dies)
  • Emma Frost (First appearance)
  • Azazel (First appearance)
  • Riptide (Janos Quested) (First appearance)
  • Angel (Angel Salvadore) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Logan (Cameo)
• Ororo Munroe (Cameo)
• Scott Summers (Cameo)
• William Stryker Sr. (Cameo)
• Edie Lehnsherr (Death)
• John F. Kennedy (First appearance)
• Xavier's mother (In a photograph only)

Locations:

• Earth-10005
  • Argentina
  • England
    • Oxford University
  • Poland
  • Russia
    • Moscow
  • United States of America
    • Nevada
    • New York State
      • Xavier's Mansion
    • Virginia
      • Pentagon

Items:

• Magneto's Helmet (First appearance)
• Cerebro (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• X-Jet (First appearance)
  

Plot

"Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took up the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men."

Cast

• James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier
• Michael Fassbender as Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)
• January Jones as Emma Frost
• Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee (Sean Cassidy)
• Lucas Till as Havok (Alex Summers)
• Nicholas Hoult as Beast (Hank McCoy)
• Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique (Raven Darkholme)
• Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw
• Edi Gathegi as Darwin (Armando Muñoz)
• Jason Flemyng as Azazel
• Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert
• Álex González as Riptide (Janos Quested)
• Oliver Platt as "The Man in Black"
• Zoë Kravitz as Angel (Angel Salvadore)
• Hugh Jackman as Logan (Cameo)
• Éva Magyar as Magneto's mother.
• Bill Millner as the young Magneto
• Beth Goddard as Xavier's mother
• Laurence Belcher as the young Charles Xavier
• Morgan Lily as the young Mystique
• Rebecca Romijn as the adult Mystique (Cameo)
• Don Creech as William Stryker Sr.
  

Notes

• X-Men: First Class frequently contradicts information established in previous X-Men films.
  • In X-Men it is stated that Erik Lehnsherr helped Charles Xavier build Cerebro, whereas in X-Men: First Class the designer is Henry McCoy.
  • In X2: X-Men United, William Stryker states that Wolverine's adamantium bonding was performed nearly 15 years prior, before his arrival in America (which would place it sometime in the 80s). However, in X-Men: First Class, Wolverine is present in America in the '60s when Charles and Erik find him in a bar.
    • There's no indication that this was his first trip to America.
  • In X2: X-Men United, a television in a bar is tuned in to a conversation about mutant rights between Dr. Hank McCoy (who still has normal human skin, not blue fur) and a "Mr. Shaw" (who is most likely Sebastian Shaw, but his first name is not revealed). However, in X-Men: First Class, McCoy has further mutated into his furry blue form, while Shaw has been killed.
  • In X-Men: The Last Stand, Erik is present when Charles recruits Jean, ten years before the main time-line where Charles is also still able to walk. He was also still able to walk in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, when he recruited Scott and other mutants fifteen years before the main time-line.

• In the comics, Alexander Summers (Earth-616) is the younger brother of Scott Summers (Earth-616). In X-Men: First Class however, Alex is apparently much older than Scott. It should be noted that Alex's abilities are only vaguely similar to those of his comic book counterpart. It is possible that he is Scott's uncle, or other relative.
  

Trivia

• Hugh Jackman makes an uncredited cameo as Wolverine. He's the cigar smoking man Charles and Erik approach in the bar who tells them to "Go fuck [them]selves" after they introduce themselves.

• Although it is made clear in the credits, and behind the scenes, that the character played by actor Álex González is Janos Quested, A.K.A. Riptide, the film makes no mention of this. The character is never referred to by name and has no spoken dialogue.

• In X-Men First Class Emma Frost is shown to be an adult whereas in X-Men Origins : Wolverine she is shown as a teenager, Xavier also appears in Wolverine where he communicates with Scott Summers telling him where to go to escape Weapon X he is played by Patrick Stewart shown bald headed and walking yet in First Class where he is played my James McAvoy shown with Medium length hair and is Paralyzed, This gives the indication that these films do not follow the same community and that X-Men Origins : Wolverine may follow the same community as the other X-Men films since Xavier claims Scott Summers was one of the first X-Men.

See Also

• Characters from X-Men: First Class (film)
• Other things related to X-Men: First Class (film)
• Film Gallery: X-Men: First Class (film)
• Images from the film

Links and References

• X-Men: First Class (film) at the Internet Movie Database
• See: X-Men: First Class (film) on The Wiki