The cast of X-men: Days of Future Past was so huge it basically included mutants from three different eras: the past, present, and future. The logistics of it for director Bryan Singer must have given him plenty of sleepless nights, but fortunately he won't have to deal with it for 2016's X-men: Apocalypse. What we know is that it will be set in the '80s and focus on the younger team of X-men. So it always seemed unlikely that older characters would be making an appearance, and Patrick Stewart just confirmed they won't be.
While speaking with Larry King , Stewart revealed that he and Ian McKellen won't be reprising their roles as older Charles Xavier and Magneto in X-men: Apocalypse.
Stewart: “I was learning quite a lot more about it last night, and it is going to be looking very much at the earlier lives of all our characters. And so I don’t think we’ll be making an appearance."
Not much of a shock, really, and probably won't hurt the film much as it leaves more room to explore the relationship between Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and Charles Xavier (James McAvoy). Plus it's not like there will be any shortage of characters as Channing Tatum is expected to appear as Gambit, plus young versions of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm will debut in some way.
