Before X-Men's Beast there was Nicholas Hoult of 2002.
So yes, he was in About A Boy.
And yeah he was in Skins.
But he was also the coolest kid around.
A fine specimen of a human.
He got to drink mocktails with Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock for Christ's sake.
He evolved with his hair and we loved him for it.
It was a time when he wore trainers and ties to red carpet events. And that was okay.
It was even more okay when he wore fat ties that weren't done up properly, because it attracted the ladies.
He was the shell suit king.
And a connoisseur of hats.
A man about town.
A total dude.
It was a time when he wondered what path life would take him down.
And it took him down a wonderful one.
Here's to the young Nicholas Hoult of the noughties.
