James McAvoy: First Class

The critically acclaimed Golden Globe-nominated Scottish actor ("Atonement," "Wanted," "The Last King of Scotland") talks with New York Times culture writer Dave Itzkoff about his career and some of the diverse roles he’s played, especially his latest, as a Union captain in Robert Redford’s Civil War drama "The Conspirator" and – coming soon–as the young Charles Xavier years before he became Professor X in Michael Vaughn’s highly anticipated "X-Men: First Class," about the origins of the Marvel Comics mutant hero team, the X-Men.