DiscussingFilm(@DiscussingFilm):Tom Pelphrey confirms that he was in the running to play Professor X in the new ‘X-MEN’ movie. “I’ve got a fat head. I have a watermelon. I was like, ‘If we’re even going to have this conversation, go into your AI image generator and look at me with a shaved head. That alone could be horrifying enough.’” (Source:

2026.08.21 20:56

Tom Pelphrey confirms that he was in the running to play Professor X in the new ‘X-MEN’ movie. “I’ve got a fat head. I have a watermelon. I was like, ‘If we’re even going to have this conversation, go into your AI image generator and look at me with a shaved head. That alone could be horrifying enough.’” (Source: