Superherohype.com talked to Marvel Studios President and CEO Avi Arad about X-Men 3. He revealed that the blue, furry character, Beast, who will make his first appearance in the new film, will be played by Frasier's Kelsey Grammer. Arad said, "If you would have seen his read. He blew us out of the park. When you look at it you see how again we are continuing with inspired choices". When asked to describe how the character will be seen in the film, he said, "Super intelligent. A pacifist Ph.D as he should be. I cannot tell you what he does in the movie because it's an amazing... it's a very big role in this movie. The subject matter of this movie, we don't take Beast lightly. It was someone that we didn't take into one and two because we were busy with other characters and Beast needs to be a centerpiece".
Sounds like a good choice for a pacifist Ph.D but I can't imagine him blue with fur.. wonder if he will be a complete CG character.
Call me weird but I always thought that Robert Picardo might do a good job...
...Star. Trek. Infecting. Brain!
Perfect choice I think.
I'm looking forward to seeing if Kelsey Grammer can pull off playing Beast. He does have that certain degree of educated-sounding airs that the role demands. I'm just wondering if he can go through the whole acting range from "friendly professor" to "asskicking mutant".
It'll be interesting to say the least!
There better be a scene with a rake and a grumble! ;)