<Ul> <Li> Nicholas Hoult and Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast </Li> </Ul> <Li> Nicholas Hoult and Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast </Li> <Dl> <Dd> A mutant with super-strength, agility, reflexes and enhanced speed . Hoult plays the character in scenes set in 1973 while Grammer makes a cameo appearance as Beast in the future setting . The cameo was added because the writers felt Hoult's Beast was "such a sweet, young character" that audiences would want to learn he survived . Once Grammer learned of this opportunity to return as Beast, a character he had enjoyed playing in The Last Stand, he called Singer asking to get involved, and was flown from New York in secret to avoid drawing attention . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> A mutant with super-strength, agility, reflexes and enhanced speed . Hoult plays the character in scenes set in 1973 while Grammer makes a cameo appearance as Beast in the future setting . The cameo was added because the writers felt Hoult's Beast was "such a sweet, young character" that audiences would want to learn he survived . Once Grammer learned of this opportunity to return as Beast, a character he had enjoyed playing in The Last Stand, he called Singer asking to get involved, and was flown from New York in secret to avoid drawing attention . </Dd>

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