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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart to reprise X-Men roles in new Avengers film


The duo will join Chris Hemsworth, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Vanessa Kirby and many more in Avengers: Doomsday

Marvel kicked off a live stream today to announce the long list of actors who will star in the first Avengers film in six years. The pair will join Black Panther actors Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Tenoch Huerta Mejía; Thor’s Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston; Ant-Man’s Paul Rudd; Shang-Chi’s Simu Liu; and Captain America’s Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. At last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr would be joining the film to play villain Doctor Doom.

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