X-Men star Michael Fassbender takes a lead role in Frank, but you will never see his face

FRANK: Which X-men star is courageous — or crazy — enough to spend an entire film hidden under a giant papier mache head?

WHILE not the first time Michael Fassbender has disappeared inside a character, Frank does mark the first occasion where he quite literally performs the feat.

For the entire picture, the cranium of the X-Men: Days Of Future Past star is lodged inside a giant papier-mache head.

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Michael Fassbender remains hidden under a giant papier-mache head throughout <i>Frank</i>.

Needless to say, the gifted actor will not be doing much immediately accessible emoting in his role as the chief singer-songwriter of a cult British act called The Soronprfbs.

Can’t pronounce it? Don’t sweat it. Neither can Frank’s band mates. They’re too busy scrambling to finish a second album while having no fresh material ready to record.

The Soronprfbs hits the road in a scene from <i>Frank</i>.

A surprise invitation to play a showcase gig at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, could end up being the make-or-break moment they have all been working for.

Or, in some cases — most notably Frank himself — working against.

Fassbender, right, and X-Men stars Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy and Sir Ian McKellen attend the UK premiere of <i>Days of Future Past</i>.

The unapologetically weird tone of this film (based very loosely on the late Manchester cult hero Frank Sidebottom) won’t win over huge swathes of viewers.

However, those who love truly alternative sounds — and the never-say-die (or why) attitude of those who choose to play them — will find Frank ably captures the nobly anarchic spirit of maverick musicians everywhere.

Michael Fassbender played Magneto in <i>X-Men: Days of Future Past</i>, pictured, and <i>X-Men First Class</i>.

Frank (MA15+)

Director: Leonard Abrahamson (What Richard Did)

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy

Verdict: Three stars. A star inside his own head

Oprah snapped this selfie with <i>12 Years a Slave </i>star Michael Fassbender and Emma Thompson at the 2014 BAFTA’s afterparty. “Party over Here!,” she posted on Instagram.

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