James McAvoy has offered his services in playing Patrick Stewart’s younger equivalent, revealing how he’s up for playing a youthful Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series. The 39-year-old actor previously played a younger version of Stewart as Professor X in the X-Men franchise, and has now declared himself available to help out on the new Star Trek series revolved around Picard.

Replying to Stewart’s Instagram post from the writers’ room, McAvoy wrote: ‘Need a flashback guy???? ‘Just saying @sirpatstew I’ve got previous experience and will work for autographs.’