Sir Patrick Stewart might be heading into the world of Dan Stevens’ Legion (Pictures: Getty/FX)

Dan Stevens has officially invited Sir Patrick Stewart to join his excellent X-Men spin-off series Legion, and he seems very keen indeed.

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The legendary British actor — known for playing Professor X in the Marvel franchise — was on The Late Late Show with Dan to promote the new Wolverine movie Logan.

And while host James Corden was enthusiastic about Sir Patrick joining upcoming Marvel movie Deadpool 2, Dan had other more (better) televisual ideas.


‘What about Professor X in Legion?’ asked Dan, before the crowd went ballistic.

The former Downton Abbey star went on to explain that in the Marvel universe, Professor X is technically the father of his troubled Legion character David Haller.

Sir Patrick is 100 per cent in (Picture: Marvel)

‘Right, this is huge!’ Corden declared, because apparently he loves mutants.



And Sir Patrick himself seemed up for joining the critically-acclaimed FX show, saying ‘Absolutely, one hundred percent!’ when asked if he was interested — which is pretty exciting.

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Dan, who stars alongside Emma Watson in the upcoming Beauty And The Beast movie, has had a major career renaissance in America of late after starring in movies like The Guest and The Ticket.

Logan, meanwhile, is smashing through the box office, grabbing the biggest UK opening of any X-Men movie last week.

You can catch up with Legion, currently still in its first series, via NOW TV.

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