Michael Fassbender wants to keep Magneto, Professor X friendship alive

Michael Fassbender has opened up about his hopes for the X-Men: First Class sequel.

The Shame star insisted that Magneto and Professor X (James McAvoy) will remain friends.

"You know what's interesting about Magneto and Professor X from the comic books as well, is there's such a complexity to their relationship," Fassbender told IFC.

"It's not just like clear-cut enemies; they're best friends as well. In the comic books, even after they've had this sort of rift, Professor X asks Magneto to come back and look after the students at certain points.

"I think there's always that complexity in their relationship and we want to keep that alive as possible, because that's I think a really interesting thing - the conflict there," he added.

Fassbender went on to explain that he sympathizes with his character, saying: "I get where [Magneto] is coming from, that's for sure - having read the source material, the comic books. From what we know with human beings, history has told us that we're a pretty destructive race, so you can see where he's coming from.

"It's always interesting for me to have the villains doing positive things as well as negative or destructive things," he added. "I just think it's more realistic."

Fassbender recently revealed that an X-Men: First Class sequel is likely.

The actor previously said that he is "giddy" at the prospect of an X-Men: First Class follow-up.

Watch a trailer for X-Men: First Class below: