X-Men: Apocalypse - Predicting Who Lives And Who Dies
5. Beast
Why He Could Live: With so much concern centred around who will mentor the next generation of mutants, its possible that X-Men: Apocalypse could surprise everyone and have Beast assume the role traditionally occupied by Professor X. It would certainly make for a great journey over the films, watching the student eventually become the master.
To that end, it just feels like Beasts death wouldnt have the impact to make it worthwhile. Hes not so insignificant that he could just be dispatched to show Apocalypses power, but hes also not so beloved that fans would really take his death to heart as they would for Professor X or Magneto. Those caveats might justmake enough narrative sense to keep him around until the end, especially since his older appearance in Days Of Future Past strongly implies him living, unless we're in for some more time-travel shenanigans.
Why He Could Die: Of the X-Men that have stuck around for the entire trilogy, Beastseems like the most easily disposable. To kill him wouldnt jeopardize the future of the franchise but it could set the stakes for this singular film.
This would also excuse the rising Nicholas Hoult from any future obligations, which he would be unlikely to sign on for, and could convincingly explain why he wouldnt appear again down the line.
Prediction: Gets to help shepherd the new generation of mutants.