Adam Driver says childhood love of X-Men prompted Marvel debut

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• Actor Adam Driver has said his childhood enthusiasm for the X-Men franchise helped persuade him to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), after turning down several previous offers from the studio.
• “It was really X-Men, Jake Schreier, who is the director, his idea for it, and that it’s Kevin Feige,” Driver said.
• The script is really cool.” The actor said he was aware of the pressure that came with joining a major franchise, given the large audience and expectations surrounding the X-Men characters.

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Actor Adam Driver has said his childhood enthusiasm for the X-Men franchise helped persuade him to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), after turning down several previous offers from the studio.