Michael Fassbender (20 page)

Michael Fassbender arriving for the 2012 Golden Globes in Los Angeles.

All images © Rex Features

Life out of the
Fish Tank,
at the Cannes Festival in 2009, Fassbender with director Andrea Arnold.

An
Inglourious
knees-up with
Basterds
co-stars Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger and Mélanie Laurent, with director Quentin Tarantino second-right.

Carey Mulligan had first appeared with Fassbender in TV’s
Trial & Retribution
. They later reunited as
Shame
’s siblings.

Shame
producers Emile Sherman and Iain Canning with Fassbender and director Steve McQueen.

Fassbender in September 2011 with the Best Actor award for
Shame
at the Venice Film Festival. ‘
Buona sera, Venezia
,’ said Fassbender in his acceptance speech.
‘Grazie mille.’

Fassbender and Antonio Banderas both made appearances in Steven Soderbergh’s
Haywire
.

A young looking Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart – aka their younger selves as played by Fassbender and James McAvoy the
X-Men: First Class
.

Fassbender with
Jane
Eyre
co-star and director Mia Wasikowska and Cary Fukunaga.

Prometheus
co-stars Fassbender and Charlize Theron.

Dangerous Method
acting with Kiera Knightly and Viggo Mortensen.

Old cronies – David Cronenberg directed
A Dangerous Method.

The doctor will see you now –
A Dangerous Method.