Days of Future Past The Official Nicholas Hoult/Beast Thread

[JP]

 

[Duran Man]

Grrr!

 

[SkyIsBlue]

He is such a hottie.

 

[Leenie]

I like Nicholas Hoult quite a lot as an actor. I've liked him in everything I've seen him in.

He didn't have as much to do in DOFP as he did in First Class, but he still did a good job. When watching him as Hank McCoy, though, I couldn't help but think he could have been a really good Peter Parker ...

 

[A Necessary Evil]

In a different film series and world, yes. As much as I love Garfield as an actor and a human, Hoult was more Peter Parker in FC than Garfield has been in both Spidey films.

 

[Rike]

 

[JP]

I'm assuming at some point Grammar/Beast was a part of the future scenes.

 

[Rike]

I read that on IMDB. Never took it seriously, but now it makes sense.

 

[LEVITIKUZ]

Saw this on Imgur:

Here was his text from his friend: http://i.imgur.com/jbsyYL3.gif

 

[CyclopsWasRight]

Nice friend

 

[BoredGuy]

Hey, I'd have done the same.

No actually, I'd kidnap him, tie him up in a basement, and take over his life
lol

 

[speno94]

I didn't get some things with Hank in this film. I don't think he was 'wasted' in the film, but he was just sort of 'there' for most scenes and he Beasts out when the action needs him to.

He didn't get any emotional arc of his own and he shared a few glances with Raven at some points, but it didn't go anywhere. He's the same character at the end of the film as he was at the start, they didn't go anywhere with his arc. Sure he used the serum at the end so the Sentinal couldn't kill him, but you don't know if Hank learnt anything from the events of the film from Charles etc, even if he learnt anything from the whole 'Mutant and Proud' theme in First Class. That's when you know a character didn't get a satisfying character arc.

I hope he gets more of an arc in Apocalypse and I think Dark Beast is the way to go.

 

[The Guard]

I kind of thought that Beast's arc in DOFP was, much like Charles, "getting back out there".

He was a recluse of sorts along with Xavier, and he slowly got back into "the game", a little more, a little more, and then he was full on Beast in public in pitched battle.

 

[HIA]

I didn't get some things with Hank in this film. I don't think he was 'wasted' in the film, but he was just sort of 'there' for most scenes and he Beasts out when the action needs him to.

He didn't get any emotional arc of his own and he shared a few glances with Raven at some points, but it didn't go anywhere. He's the same character at the end of the film as he was at the start, they didn't go anywhere with his arc. Sure he used the serum at the end so the Sentinal couldn't kill him, but you don't know if Hank learnt anything from the events of the film from Charles etc, even if he learnt anything from the whole 'Mutant and Proud' theme in First Class. That's when you know a character didn't get a satisfying character arc.

I hope he gets more of an arc in Apocalypse and I think Dark Beast is the way to go.

good post. Honestly I hadnt thought about any of this, but now that you posted that... its a bit dissapointed how Singer didnt explore Hank's own problem with himself, even if he has a serum now, but I always thought Singer would do a beautiful job with this character, and after this movie, it feels such a wasted material. And this makes me a bit worried about what Singer and Kimberg will do with young Scott and Jean on next movie.

If definetly seems like Singer's heart isnt in the actual x-men, but more about the whole story and Charles/Erik/Raven relationship. And that, to me, its dissapointing, because this franchise is called X-Men for a reason.

 

[SkyIsBlue]

This isn't really related to Nicholas Hoult, but it's still Beast.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06...or-bryan-singer-plus-thoughts-on-brett-ratner

"I would love to do another X-Men," the actor enthused. "I loved playing Beast! I call him the blue guy and it was just a joy for me to be involved in that franchise and so when I heard they were making another one...It was Hugh (Jackman) that I was talking to and he said, 'You're going to be in the next one aren't ya, mate!?!' (Australian accent included). I said I didn't even know about it. So I called Bryan and said, 'Look I understand that you're in a different timeline now and it's the younger Beast, but there's that little coda at the end. So I volunteered my services for it, because I really like being a part of that franchise."

 

[Superhero 101]

Good to see Grammer still interested

 

[psylockolussus]

I love Grammer just for his enthusiasm!

 

[Pink Ranger]

Grammer as Hank was one of the only good things about X3.