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Laurence Fishburne Floats Professor X Role at New York Comic Con

He raised the idea at a New York Comic Con panel to loud applause, with no casting decision from Marvel.

A split image of Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus in The Matrix, he's wearing a black leather coat and small sunglasses. On the right is Patrick Stewart as Professor X in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, he's dressed in a dark suit and a striped tie while sitting in a large yellow wheelchair.
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Overview

  • Speaking at a Matrix reunion panel, Fishburne asked the crowd what they thought of him as Professor Charles Xavier, drawing cheers.
  • Host Josh Horowitz playfully responded to the suggestion by saying, "Approved. Greenlit!" to the audience’s delight.
  • Coverage from Entertainment Weekly, AFP via India Today, and Herodope reported the exchange as actor interest rather than a studio move.
  • The moment lands as Marvel begins bringing mutants into the MCU, following Wolverine’s appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine.
  • Professor X has previously been portrayed by Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy, and Fishburne has MCU experience as Bill Foster in Ant-Man and the Wasp.