SUPERMAN Star Nicholas Hoult Reveals Whether Marvel Contacted Him About Beast Return In AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

SUPERMAN Star Nicholas Hoult Reveals Whether Marvel Contacted Him About Beast Return In AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

Nicholas Hoult played Beast in four X-Men movies, compared to Kelsey Grammer's two (one of which was just a cameo). Now, the Superman star reveals whether he's got the call for Avengers: Doomsday...

By JoshWilding - Jul 03, 2025 07:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Doomsday
Source: Entertainment Weekly

In March, Marvel Studios announced the Avengers: Doomsday cast in a lengthy reveal video that confirmed the surprise return of several actors from the original X-Men cast.

Following his return in The Marvels, Kelsey Grammer will reprise his role as Beast, and there's so far been nothing to indicate that the actors from the X-Men prequel movies (which began with 2011's X-Men: First Class) will join them. That's not overly surprising, especially as Kevin Feige got his start in Hollywood working on Bryan Singer's X-Men.

Talking to Entertainment Weekly about Superman, Hoult said he also saw the cast reveal video and quickly noticed that his version of Hank McCoy wasn't on the list. 

"Kelsey was a great Beast," the actor said. "He was the Beast I saw when I was a kid, along with the other actors that they're bringing back, Patrick and Ian and James and all them."

"Those were the characters that I got to watch in X-Men movies," Hoult continued. "I'm excited to see what they do with it. It'll be fun to see how they incorporate those characters into that world."

Hoult, who plays Lex Luthor in the DCU, first transformed into the younger Beast in X-Men: First Class, and later reprised the role in X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Dark Phoenix. He also made a cameo appearance in Deadpool 2

Asked if Marvel Studios reached out about returning for the next Avengers movies, the Superman star bluntly replied, "No."

We wouldn't bank on that changing, and it seems doubtful that anyone from that era of X-Men storytelling will be part of Doomsday and Secret Wars. There were hopes that James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender might be back, at least, but Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen's Variants instead look to be the priority.

"I think you'll see that continue into our next few movies and some X-Men players that you might recognize," Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige teased last November. "And then right after that, the whole story of Secret Wars really leads us into a new age of mutants and of the X-Men. And, again, one of these dreams come true that we finally have the X-Men back at Marvel Studios."

Avengers: Doomsday stars Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Winston Duke, Tom Hiddleston, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Paul Rudd, and Robert Downey Jr. Wyatt Russell, Simu Liu, Tenoch Huerta Mejia, Florence Pugh, Danny Ramirez, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, and Lewis Pullman all make the Avengers franchise debuts in the movie. 

The Fantastic Four: First Steps leads Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn join them, as do X-Men franchise stars Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, and Deadpool & Wolverine star Channing Tatum.

The Russo Brothers direct the movie from a script by Stephen McFeely, with whom they previously collaborated on the Captain America and Avengers franchises.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released on December 18, 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars scheduled to arrive on December 17, 2027.

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/3/2025, 7:39 AM
I’m not surprised him or the other prequel actors likely won’t be back for Doomsday at the least…

His Beast was fine and Hoult did well with the material he had but this Multiverse Saga has partly been Feige revisiting his pre-MCU days to an extent so it makes sense that he would want to revisit the OG cast and not the recent ones since he wasn’t involved with those films (honestly i think the most we can hope for is a McAvoy & Fassbender appearance in SW but i doubt that happens).

I’m cool with him not showing up as Beast atleast because we haven’t really had much of Kelsey Grammer in that role so it would be nice to see him hopefully get a spotlight since he has been great in his appearances regardless of the quality of the film itself.

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Apophis71
Apophis71 - 7/3/2025, 8:07 AM
@TheVisionary25 - I could see them considering McAvoy as being the MCU 616 version of his character post secret wars. I'd tend to go fresh start for all esp how young they seem to be going for with the main team but both him and Fasbender are now the sort of age I'd consider roughly perfect for those roles if wanting to have them for a decade, potentialy two, in those characters as in my head they'd always start out in their late 40's (but then I also prefer the main members being at least mid twenties, not early 20's or less most rumors are pointing towards).

When first introduced they were potentialy as young at around mid thirties (depending if still kids or over 20 by the end of WWII, the comics were inconsistant/vague on that from my recollection) but I always thought of them as starting out in their 40's anyway and at latter stages potentialy into their 60's or more as a result but then as a kid they probably seemed older than they actualy were to me in the 70's and 80's.

IF they are starting with the core Xmen only with a few years as a team thus early 20's (having come together in their late teens) they'd likely want Charles and Erik closer to 40 and maybe still in their 30's but we will see in time.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/3/2025, 8:19 AM
@Apophis71 - true.

As much as i like McAvoy and Fassbender in those roles , i would prefer to go for as much of a clean slate as possible since those actors are now i feel synonymous with those particular versions so it might be confusing for the GA.

Personally i think having Xavier and Erik be in their 50’s could work

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Apophis71
Apophis71 - 7/3/2025, 7:39 AM
To be blunt, if using any FoxMen the originals made a lot more sense as they tend to be who most think of first with the characters even if they liked any of the prequel version recasts. I mean we COULD have had a mix from both timeframes of FoxMen but as they were supposed to be the exact same universe (even if mutliple branches of the same one) it would be messy/confusing for the GA doing so.

That then also leaves it more open to use actors from first class etc in the mutant saga even if not as the same characters, maybe not even as mutants (when ALL the mutants should be recast bar one or two such as DP and maybe Laura). The originals would all tend to be too old to intro in new roles for leading characters IMO as if past is prologue they tend to cast 40's at the oldest for lead heroes and not many from the first three Xmen movies would be under 50 now (and those who are still 40's were for characters that are more likely to be recast as teens or at least under 30).
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/3/2025, 7:56 AM
@Apophis71 - “𝐢𝐟 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐱𝐌𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬“

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It gives the audience and atleast most of the actors themselves a chance to say a proper goodbye to those versions most likely.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 7/3/2025, 7:44 AM
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Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 7/3/2025, 8:31 AM
I mean if they aren't incorporated it makes sense. They're just meant to be younger versions of the original movie actors based on DOFP logic.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 7/3/2025, 8:34 AM
He was alright but Grammer was better.
GenD
GenD - 7/3/2025, 8:49 AM
Get the shade of blue right this time!
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 7/3/2025, 8:56 AM
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hue66
hue66 - 7/3/2025, 10:32 AM
Fassbender was great as Magneto but I never saw James McAvoy as a good fit for Xavier.
String
String - 7/3/2025, 1:02 PM
It would have been weird to have Nicholas Hoult as the only 2nd generation FOX X-Men to get an ask to return. Marvel Studios is clearly going for the OG X-Men and the actors Kevin Feige worked with pre-MCU. I'm expecting if any OG actor isn't returning, Marvel will just recast with a new actor to keep the role in Doomsday rather than go to the well with the 2nd generation FOX X-Men cast.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 7/3/2025, 1:33 PM
I liked Hoults Beast....But Grammar is KING BEAST

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