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Did Emma Corrin Watch Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy’s Portrayals of Professor X Before Playing His Evil Twin, Cassandra Nova, in ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ ? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Emma Coran plays Cassandra
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  Speaker 1: Nova to perfection in Deadpool and Wolverine, and while the
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  Speaker 1: character is the far more sinister twin sister of the
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  Speaker 1: X Men's leader, Professor Xavier, they share much in common.
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  Speaker 1: Professor x has been played by both Patrick Stewart and
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  Speaker 1: James macaboy in the past Marvel projects, and while Emma
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  Speaker 1: didn't want to be informed too heavily by those portrayals,
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  Speaker 1: Emma did, in the end decide to watch both interpretations.
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  Speaker 1: Telling screen rant, I did look back at those two performances.
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  Speaker 1: I hesitated before I did because I was worried do
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  Speaker 1: I want to get too close? Will I still be
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  Speaker 1: able to make it my own? But I found it
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  Speaker 1: really interesting how they portrayed someone whose power is very
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  Speaker 1: internal and telepathic to the world. I wanted to see
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  Speaker 1: if there were any bits that I could use or
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  Speaker 1: pay homage to that. Obviously, fans would really enjoy Emma
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  Speaker 1: corn there, and judging by fan reactions to the movie,
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  Speaker 1: the fans did enjoy their interpretation. Dead Wolverine is out now,
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  Speaker 1: that's direct from Hollywood.