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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: X-Men’s Christopher Abbott Admits He Panicked When Nobody Clapped as He Was Revealed as the Next Professor X · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Being cast as Professor X in the upcoming X-Men reboot
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Speaker 2: as a relatively unknown actor is a dream come true
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Speaker 2: for Christopher Abbott, but he admitted to New York Magazine
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Speaker 2: it did lead to a pretty awkward moment because he's
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Speaker 2: nowhere close to a household name yet.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it happened when the X-Men cast was revealed at
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Speaker 3: the D23 convention, and Christopher was tasked with marching out
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Speaker 3: on stage.
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Speaker 1: It was obviously a huge moment for Chris personally, so
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Speaker 1: he started walking out pretty enthusiastically until there was some
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Speaker 1: very muted applause.
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Speaker 2: His energy shifted in a split second. He admits it
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Speaker 2: felt like a bad dream or a video game. Kind
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Speaker 2: of out of body, but he realized fans weren't hating.
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Speaker 2: They were just like, who? And that's okay.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, he just has to prove to them
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Speaker 1: why he got the gig and not blame them for
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Speaker 1: not being familiar with him.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, because it's nothing personal.
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Speaker 2: Christopher called the moment very humbling, but I bet when
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Speaker 2: he shows up at another convention after fans get a
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Speaker 2: chance to see his work in the movie, he'll get
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Speaker 2: a very different reception. It's in theaters May of 28.
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Speaker 3: That's direct from Hollywood.