Michael Fassbender Admits to Being a Nerd

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"I like that Magneto's sort of king of the nerds, because I'm a nerd too."

Michael Fassbender does a short interview with Glamour magazine for their September issue, where he talks about his upcoming star-studded thriller The Counselor and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Some might find this difficult to digest, but the handsome German-British actor describes himself as a "nerd." Fassbender gives this usually offensive word a new meaning. Now you all wish you'd be nerds, don't you?

Anyway, read some highlights from his interview below. You may get the rest at the nearest newsstands!

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You get into drugs in The Counselor and play a slave owner in 12 Years a Slave. Why do you always pick such intense roles?

I like when characters have layers. I’d actually love to do a comedy—characters in romantic comedies can have layers too. But I always try to pick roles that scare me.

Is that why you were drawn to playing Magneto in X-Men?

I like that Magneto’s sort of king of the nerds, because I’m a nerd too.

You star alongside one of our future-of-Hollywood favorites, Quvenzhané Wallis, in 12 Years a Slave.

Oh my God, I love that girl! I almost gave up acting after I saw Beasts of the Southern Wild, she’s so amazing.

This is our Hollywood issue, so we have to know—who were your movie-star inspirations growing up?

Marlon Brando was front and center for me. Also Gene Hackman, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire and Gone With the Wind. And, of course, Meryl Streep.

I love that you looked up to both men and women.

Well, my mum was a big influence in introducing me to films, especially from the late sixties and seventies.

Speaking of your parents, we heard your dad has a Google Alert set for all headlines concerning you and calls you up about every story. We assume he’ll let you know when this piece comes out.

Oh, yeah. He lets me know what I’m doing before I’m even doing it.

That’s so cute.

It’s cute. But it’s also creepy at the same time.

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[via Glamour]

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