With Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer transports us to an
apocalyptic future world shattered by years of war,
where mutants are teetering on the brink of extinction
thanks to the deadly robotic Sentinels. Nicholas Hoult returns with his First Class
colleagues - first seen in the film of the same name in
2011 - playing Henry “Beast” McCoy, the genius scientist struggling to deal with his own mutation. He’s been trying to care for Xavier,
while making sure his own life doesn’t slip. Hoult talks about embracing the beast, working once again with Singer and how James
McAvoy helped “motivate” him in certain scenes…
As
an actor, was it a little more daunting to come back for this movie, knowing you
made a really good film last time with First Class? Did the cast feel the pressure to raise the bar? First Class had a great sense of humour, and the era and the history to it, and every character had a great arc throughout, so it was a really well made film. People weren't really sure what to expect with First Class, but now obviously there is more expectation behind it. You really can't worry about that too much. It was at Comic-Con last
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year where I suddenly realised the enormity of it all. But you can't be on set panicking and thinking about that, otherwise it would just completely mess with your head.
Te film is based off a very famous comic run. When you found out that it was going to be this story, did you get the issues? Yeah, I read the comics, but it’s also a situation where you get the script, and they’ve obviously taken from the comics but then changed them slightly. You can learn things by reading the
comics, but it helps to read other issues as well, just to give back story for the character and the language he uses. It just gives you a sense of him and it’s a great thing to have so much reference material to get a hold of.
How easy was it for you to get back into Hank McCoy's skin and fur? It was fairly easy, with Bryan Singer directing this one and having produced First Class. I also worked with him on Jack the Giant Slayer, so it was simple to get into a rhythm with him. And given that the cast had all worked
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