Michael Fassbender prepares for next step in his career with X-Men: First Class.

Michael Fassbender recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about why he chose to star in Matthew Vaughn’s X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. “I’m in a certain place in my career where a movie like X-Men is sort of the next natural step [in my career].” says Fassbender. “It’s not like I’m thinking, Oh, this will raise my IMDB rating or whatever it is. The fact is, I want to have more control over my career and something like X-Men opens me up to a wider audience. Plus, a big movie like that scares the piss out of me. And if you’re not getting scared then you’re not succeeding.”