Assassin's Creed star Michael Fassbender had 'never played the game'

The star of Steve Jobs and X-Men: Days of Future Past had never played Assassin's Creed before signing on to star in forthcoming film adaptation of the video game

The video game Assassin's Creed has sold more than 73m copies and spawned numerous novels, comic books and short films. But Michael Fassbender, the star of the highly anticipated film adaptation has admitted never having played it prior to being offered the lead role.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly as the first photography was released for the movie, the actor said he first got to grips with the video game only after being approached by Ubisoft to join the production.