The Hollywood veteran who has played mutant villain Magneto in three of the comic book movies says it is unlikely he will reprise the role for a spin-off film about the character because of his wrinkles.
He joked to website EmpireOnline: "There's meant to be a Magneto script floating around, but I've not read it, so I suspect it wouldn't involve me - I think it would be about the younger Magneto, and the most I could hope for would be to top and tail that.
"They can't have someone whose face is as lined as mine any longer!
However, the 70-year-old actor was impressed by his 69-year-old friend Patrick Stewart’s appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine earlier this year.
Ian explained: He was very pleased with himself that he was going in to be in Wolverine. It was only an hour's work! We were working on Waiting For Godot at the time!