James McAvoy has predicted that the X-Men would defeat The Avengers in a head-to-head showdown.

The actor plays the younger version of Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which sees cast members from Bryan Singer's films and X-Men: First Class uniting.



McAvoy has now jokingly expressed interest in facing off with the stars of Marvel's other hit franchise The Avengers on the big screen.

"I would like to see us fight them, though. I'd like us not to team up," he said on the SiriusXM Town Hall.

The star went on to quip: "I'd like to see us fight them and, you know, annihilate them, as we surely would.

"Be like, 'Hey, Robert Downey. Oh, here you go. There's your ass.' 'Sorry, I've got a bunch of asses in my hand. I think they belong to you Avengers?'"

Hugh Jackman has also publicly expressed interest in uniting the X-Men, The Avengers and Spider-Man in one movie, but rights issues have thus far made that impossible.

X-Men: Days of Future Past is now playing in the UK and the US, while Avengers: Age of Ultron is released on April 24, 2015 in the UK and May 1 in the US.

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