Professor x and magneto

What's better than one classically-trained actor who is also noted for his later life geek-friendly roles and posting odd pictures online? Why, two such actors, of course. Sir Patrick Stewart (77) and Sir Ian McKellen (78) share a bromance so strong, it looks they have been destined to be together.

young vs old : Michael Fassbender & Ian McKellen James McAvoy & Patrick Stewart

ET CANADA By DAVID HUMPHREYS 6/2/2014 at 5:07 PM ET In order to play Professor X and Magneto in X-Men: Days of Future Past, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender had to study old footage of Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, who play the older versions of the two characters. As the below video demonstrates, they perhaps studied the footage a little too closely. Asked by Stewart and McKellen to share their impressions, Fassbender says "Three days as the crow flies" in a pitch perfect…

"All those years wasted fighting each other, Charles..." :'(

By Doubleleaf on Deviantart I loved Charles and Erik in this movie- itwas even cooler 'cause we got to know their backstory + they're sort of really attractive

ThePlaylist.Net 🎬📽📺🎥🎞 on Instagram: "Must have been a good chat. 😊"

Ian Mckellen & Patrick Stewart playing Chess in movie 'X-Men.'

Well they were really close, weren't they? Any kind of friendship/relationship being destroyed is hard

Planetxmen on Instagram: “The merging of dreams! Xavier & Magneto stand together on Krakoa! Can anything come between them in this mutant utopia, and has Charles…”