Details on How Patrick Stewart Was Transformed Into Professor X From X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES

There were a lot of great moments in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, one of them was teased before the film even came out and got fans excited. That was seeing Patrick Stewart back in the role of Professor X, but this version of the character was from the classic ‘90s X-Men: The Animated Series.

It was so cool seeing this classic animated version of the character brought to life in the MCU. Seriously, I never thought that would be something I’d see happen in the MCU! Unfortunately, things didn’t end too well for him as he met a horrific fate.

In a recent episode of the Phase Zero podcast, Multiverse of Madness costume designer Graham Churchyard talked about what went into Stewart’s transformation into this classic version of Professor X. He said:

"We made his suit. Yeah, he was so happy. That was something from Kevin [Feige's] childhood, The Animated Series, with the kind of bright yellow dodgem car. Do you call them dodgems? Do you call them bumper cars? Kind of a fair ground, ride-looking kind of wheelchair. That was something that was in The Animated Series, and that came up as like, 'Yeah, we're doing this.' So the prop guys built that for real, and we shot that in London with photo doubles. And then when it came to additional [photography], they swapped in Patrick Stewart, to match the edit that they'd already done. They did the edit, so the work with him was then condensed as it were. But yeah, it was a fantastic image, and the green suit and the striped tie and the white shirt. I mean, Kevin was over the moon that we were doing the green suit."

It was such a treat to see Xavier’s hover chair brought to life! That was so great. Churchyard also revealed how the Professor X costume included a personal tie to Stewart's real-life history saying:

"And that was made in London, because there's a tailor shop — We used some fine Yorkshire woolens. I'd worked with Patrick Stewart some years ago, and then we had a little trip down memory lane. And in fact, his mother worked in the woolen trade in Yorkshire in England, so he was really happy that he was wearing something that came from his mother's sort of heritage of working in that industry.

"I did a Zoom fitting with him at his home in LA, [and then] sent some of the guys from Marvel studios down there. I was just chatting to him while they were pinning stuff. That was the whole thing in COVID. We did so many fittings by Zoom."

What did you think about Stewart playing the ‘90s cartoon version of Professor X in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?