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Meet Banshee, Beast and Havoc of the X-Men's 'First Class'

By Anthony Pearson May 5, 2011, 18:54 GMT

"X-Men: First Class" is released across the US from June 3rd, and the UK from June 2nd.

Take a look at three special video character previews of the mutants Banshee, Beast and Havoc from 20th Century Fox's "X-Men: First Class."

The trailers give you an insight into the special powers of the three young mutants. Banshee (Sean Cassidy) is played by Caleb Landry Jones, Havoc (Alex Summers) by Lucas Till and the Beast (Hank McCoy) is portrayed by "About a Boy" star Nicholas Hoult.

"X-Men: First Class" charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.

"First Class" is directed by Matthew Vaughn and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Kevin Bacon, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Caleb Landry Jones, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt, Morgan Lily, Bill Bilner and Zoe Kravitz.

Watch the character trailers below;