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X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
May 19, 2012  | By David Bianculli

HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET

 

This 2011 movie prequel recasts several members of the X-Men universe with younger actors, principally including James McAvoy as Charles Xavier (replacing Patrick Stewart) and Michael Fassbender as Magneto (played, in other X-Men movies, by Ian McKellen). Both of them do an excellent job, and they’re not the only ones. Check out who plays the younger version of Raven, a.k.a. Mystique, the blue-skinned shape-shifter portrayed as an adult by Rebecca Romijn. Young Raven, in this film, is embodied by Jennifer Lawrence, who took on the role, and the blue skin, just before starring as Katniss in the massive 2012 hit, The Hunger Games.

 
 
 
 
 
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