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| Hank McCoy | |
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| X-Men film series and Marvel Cinematic Universe character | |
| First appearance | X2 (2003) |
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| Alias | Beast |
| Species | Human mutant |
| Title | Secretary of Mutant Affairs |
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| Significant others | Mystique (ex-girlfriend) |
Hank McCoy is a fictional character featured in the X-Men film series and later in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, primarily portrayed by Kelsey Grammer and Nicholas Hoult—based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—known commonly by Beast. The character was first introduced in a cameo appearance in X2 (2003), portrayed by Steve Bacic before being recast; Grammer portrayed McCoy in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and had a cameo in the post-credits scene of The Marvels (2023). Hoult portrayed a younger version of the character in the prequel films X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019). Both Grammer and Hoult's iterations appeared in different time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
As of 2023, McCoy has appeared in seven X-Men films and one MCU appearance.
Fictional character biography
[edit]Original timeline
[edit]Early life
[edit]Henry "Hank" McCoy was a child prodigy, having graduated Harvard University at the age of fifteen. McCoy was later recruited to work as a researcher for the Central Intelligence Agency's "Division X", during his time he would investigate supersonic flight and build the Cerebro–prototype.
Joining the First Class
[edit]Secretary of Mutant Affairs
[edit]In 1973, Mystique killed Bolivar Trask after he proposed the Sentinel program. She was subsequently captured, tortured and had samples of her DNA taken for the Sentinel Program. This causes McCoy to leave the Institute, becoming an activist and for thirty-three years, was fighting for Mutants Rights. McCoy later got involved in politics and was sworn in by the U.S. Cabinet to be the Secretary of Mutant Affairs.
Mutant Cure
[edit]Death
[edit]In 2020s, the Sentinels have decimated the mutant race including McCoy and virtually conquered Earth, forcing the X-Men to seek a new method of combating their threat. With Kitty Pryde having developed the ability to project an individual's consciousness back into their past selves, Logan volunteers to be sent back into his past self in 1973 to prevent Mystique from killing Trask.
Revised timeline
[edit]Saving the Future
[edit]Apocalypse and the Dark Phoenix
[edit]Modern Day and the Fall of the X-Men
[edit]In 2004, Dr. Zander Rice, the head of the corporation Alkali-Transigen who created the Transigen virus to sterilize mutantkind, which also caused the decay of Logan's healing factor and Xavier's mental deterioration, in an attempt to make his own mutants as the Reavers were not as effective as he had hoped.
After having successfully altered 1973, the consciousness of the original timeline's Logan awakes in his body in a new 2023 but with no memory of the new timeline. He is happy to see McCoy, Ororo, Jean and Scott alive, as they never died.
Alternate versions
[edit]Binary's universe
[edit]In an alternate universe, McCoy is a mutant and a member of the X-Men who are allies with Maria Rambeau / Binary. McCoy recovers Monica Rambeau from Earth-616 at the X-Mansion. Following her displacement into their world, due to an averted incursion between it and Earth-616. Monica awakens and meets McCoy and Rambeau, whom she never parented in her reality.[1]
Death of the X-Men
[edit]In an alternate universe, McCoy was a mutant and a member of the X-Men. At some point, the X-Men including McCoy were killed by a group of mutant-hunting humans while Logan / Wolverine was out binge-drinking at a bar. After this incident, his actions led to the desecration of the legacy of the X-Men. Logan deeply misses his teammates, and he memorializes them and McCoy by wearing his X-Men uniform under normal clothes. He spends his days depressed and drinking.
Background and creation
[edit]Development
[edit]Casting
[edit]Characterization and special effects
[edit]Reception
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Marvels post-credits scene explained". Dexerto. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
External links
[edit]- Hank McCoy (original timeline) at Marvel Database
- Hank McCoy (revised timeline) at Marvel Database
- Hank McCoy (Binary's reality) at Marvel Database
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