Fox's '60s-era sci-fi pic X-Men: First Class -- an origins story about the emergence of the X-Men -- got the full retro treatment for a special screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York May 25. Go-go dancers worked the red carpet as the actors showed up in vintage cars including a midcentury Porsche 356.
Pictured, Michael Fassbender, who plays Magneto, signed autographs before the special screening.
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Fox’s ’60s-era sci-fi pic X-Men: First Class — an origins story about the emergence of the X-Men — got the full retro treatment for a special screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre. Go-go dancers worked the red carpet as the actors showed up in vintage cars including a midcentury Porsche 356. “I’ve never arrived in such a beautiful way to a premiere,” said James McAvoy, who plays a young Professor Charles Xavier. Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman and CEO Tom Rothman said the only disappointment was not having his ’67 Mustang on hand. “Mine is on the wrong coast,” said Rothman, who had to settle for a ’66 model. Classic cars added color to the premiere, but the driving force behind the film remains the comic book characters. “I found I had a lot of closet comic book fans who I didn’t know were into it,” said Zoe Kravitz, who plays an insectoid mutant. “They were all like, ‘This is so cool!’ ” — THR staff
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