Now that Nicholas Hoult has agreed to hide his good looks and play the Beast in Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming X-Men reboot, Kevin Bacon is in negotiations to play a villainous character alongside him. As the Playlist points out, since Hoult has only been in a few major films, this means he will have solidified a spot for himself in new rounds of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon! A vital stepping stone for any young actor. [Deadline]