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* BrainyBrunet: This is one aspect of his TypeCasting. His highly educated onscreen personas include [[Literature/WhiteTeeth Josh Malfen]] (academic nerd), [[Series/ChildrenOfDune Leto Atreides II]] (political strategist with access to the life experiences and knowledge of all of his genetic ancestors), [[Film/TheLastKingOfScotland Dr. Nicholas Garrigan]] (medical doctor), [[Film/StarterForTen Brian Jackson]] (academic nerd), [[Film/{{Atonement}} Robbie Turner]] (a would-be medical student), Tom Lefroy (''Becoming Jane''--law student), Valentin Bulgakov (''The Last Station''--Tolstoyan scholar), [[Film/TheConspirator Frederick Aiken]] (lawyer), [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Professor Charles Xavier]] (geneticist) and the titular ''Film/VictorFrankenstein'' (medical student).

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* BrainyBrunet: This is one aspect of his TypeCasting. His highly educated onscreen personas include [[Literature/WhiteTeeth Josh Malfen]] (academic nerd), [[Series/ChildrenOfDune Leto Atreides II]] (political strategist with access to the life experiences and knowledge of all of his genetic ancestors), [[Film/TheLastKingOfScotland Dr. Nicholas Garrigan]] (medical doctor), [[Film/StarterForTen Brian Jackson]] (academic nerd), [[Film/{{Atonement}} Robbie Turner]] (a would-be medical student), Tom Lefroy (''Becoming Jane''--law student), Valentin Bulgakov (''The Last Station''--Tolstoyan scholar), [[Film/TheConspirator Frederick Aiken]] (lawyer), [[Film/XMenFilmSeries [[Franchise/XMenFilmSeries Professor Charles Xavier]] (geneticist) and the titular ''Film/VictorFrankenstein'' (medical student).



* FakeAmerican: [[invoked]] In ''Film/{{Wanted}}'', ''Film/TheConspirator'', ''Film/TheDisappearanceOfEleanorRigby'', ''Film/{{Split}}'', and ''Film/ItChapterTwo''. [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Professor Charles Xavier]] is half-American.[[note]]This is confirmed in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' when the character mentions his grandfather planting a tree on the Westchester estate.[[/note]]

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* FakeAmerican: [[invoked]] In ''Film/{{Wanted}}'', ''Film/TheConspirator'', ''Film/TheDisappearanceOfEleanorRigby'', ''Film/{{Split}}'', and ''Film/ItChapterTwo''. [[Film/XMenFilmSeries [[Franchise/XMenFilmSeries Professor Charles Xavier]] is half-American.[[note]]This is confirmed in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' when the character mentions his grandfather planting a tree on the Westchester estate.[[/note]]



** He had stated that one of the reasons he wanted to play [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Professor Charles Xavier]] was so that he can embody a young [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]]. He frequently expressed to interviewers how much it delighted him to share a scene with Creator/PatrickStewart in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', and the standard Blu-Ray release includes a featurette called "Double Take: Xavier & Magneto" where [=McAvoy=] can't stop fanboy-ing over his idol. He was also fond of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' when he was younger, and can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUezp2d6vks hum the theme song]] from memory.

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** He had stated that one of the reasons he wanted to play [[Film/XMenFilmSeries [[Franchise/XMenFilmSeries Professor Charles Xavier]] was so that he can embody a young [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]]. He frequently expressed to interviewers how much it delighted him to share a scene with Creator/PatrickStewart in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', and the standard Blu-Ray release includes a featurette called "Double Take: Xavier & Magneto" where [=McAvoy=] can't stop fanboy-ing over his idol. He was also fond of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' when he was younger, and can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUezp2d6vks hum the theme song]] from memory.
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