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Nicholas Hoult has acted in quite a few films that you may have heard of. He was a young version of X-Men’s blue mutant The Beast and starred in George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road.
He’s now making the rounds for his latest role in Renfield. But even with all of that on his resume, he can’t help but wonder what would have happened if he’d landed a few other roles.
There was the time he was in the mood for Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’. He also auditioned for a supporting role with Tom Cruise on Top Gun: Maverick. Then there are the installments of Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning. All of them potentially career-changing.
“I have a screen test for [‘The Batman’] and didn’t get it,” Hoult told The Guardian. “Tested for ‘Top Gun’, didn’t get it. Then I got the call from Tom Cruise, “Hey, how about Mission Impossible?” ‘OK. got it Then I had to quit because I was already interested in doing more of The Great.”
However, Hoult admits that there is nothing to complain about. He has such roles in the acclaimed The Menu, Taylor Sheridan’s The Who Wish Me Dead, the Oscar-winning film The Favourite, and the upcoming horror remake Nosferatu.
He now has Renfield duties. And he’s reportedly starring in Clint Eastwood’s next film, Juror No. 2, with.