Hi all,
longtime lurker here, been around since the days of Spider-Man 2. Anyway, like many others I've been confused with this whole First Class debacle, specifically with the casting. I'd like to share my thoughts with you, if that's ok.
I remember a while ago reading either Singer or Vaughn (I don't remember) stating in an interview that some of the casting announcements were false or incorrect, to throw people off I geuss. The characters the actors were announced to be playing, were not the actual characters they are going to play. This got me thinking about some of the characters that are supposed to be appearing in this film, the additions that struck me as most odd were Banshee and Havok. I mean, why put them in an X-men origin movie? they're cool and all, but seriously. Bringing them into the first film would only screw up the already screwed up continuity even more. My guess is Lucas Till, who is supposed to be playing Havok, is actually playing Angel. And Caleb Landry Jones, who is supposed to be playing Banshee, is actually Iceman. I mean think about it, why would Fox/Singer/Vaughn go through the trouble of putting out fake casting announcements when no one besides us fanboys knows who these characters are? Or even care for that matter. There's no reason for all the secrecy.
The reason I think they're playing Iceman and Angel because Singer or Vaughn (again, I'm not sure. And I don't have any links either..) compared this movie to last years Star Trek. Now, that could have ment visually or whatever, but Star Trek was also a retelling of a popular franchise, a preboot/requel if you will. Could be the people involved in this got wise and saw an oppurtunity to set things straight by taking ellements from the previous films, but changing whatever they feel could be done better.
As for Nicholas Hoult playing Beast, I think that is correct. His presence in this film doesn't need to be 'disguised' like Angel's and Iceman's, because were expecting him to be in this film. He was in X-3 afterall, one off the movies First Class is supposed to be a prequeling (not a word). Only ones missing are Cyclops and Jean, who I think have yet to be cast.
I'm not saying I'm right about all this, I'm just saying it's possible. Maybe it's just wishfull thinking. I mean, who wouldn't want a decent start of a new X-men franchise starring Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Marvel-girl??
That's it, I'm out. This post has gotten waaayyy to long already..