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Megan Garside

Superman star confirms he won't be returning as his Marvel X-Men character in Avengers: Doomsday, but is "excited to see" the original Beast back on screen: "It'll be fun to see how they incorporate those characters into that world"

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It looks like Superman star Nicholas Hoult’s jump from Marvel to DC may be for good, as the actor has confirmed that he will not be reprising his X-Men role in the upcoming MCU movie Avengers: Doomsday.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hoult confirmed he was never in any talks with Marvel to reprise the role of X-Men mutant Beast. Hoult was introduced as the younger version of Beast in 2011 with X-Men: First Class. However, despite a whole host of X-Men stars returning in Avengers: Doomsday, Hoult is not one of them. Instead, original Beast star Kelsey Grammer’s name was called during that rather lengthy Doomsday casting livestream.

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