Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen join Taylor Swift’s squad

The fanboy world has taken a surprising twist as a couple of nerd-universe heroes -- “X-Men” costars” Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen -- have requested and been granted membership to Taylor Swift’s squad of celebrity fans.

When NPR’s “Ask Me Another” program asked the celebrated British actors to deliver dramatic readings of pop music lyrics this week, Stewart read Swift’s “Blank Space” and McKellen intoned “Bad Blood.”

Stewart then took to Twitter to alert the songs’ writer: “So @IanMcKellen recited Bad Blood and I did Blank Space on @NPRAskMeAnother. May we join the squad, @taylorswift13?”

Needless to say, Swift, who often has referred to herself as a nerd at heart, didn’t think twice.

“Thanks for reciting my lyrics, @IanMcKellen and @SirPatStew! You’ve made my day. You two are ULTIMATE Squad Goals.”

Not to be one-upped, Stewart tweeted back: “OMG I DIE!!! (no really, I might. I’m old.)”

Now if she can just get Stewart, 75, and McKellen, 76, to show up onstage at one of the stops on her current 1989 tour, they could join the growing list of pop, rock, film, TV and fashion-world stars who’ve shared time with her in various cities, including Lorde, Nick Jonas, Jason Derulo, Karlie Kloss, Lena Dunham, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge and Uzo Aduba.

Here’s the link to Stewart’s recitation of “Blank Space.”

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