Lucas Till hits the black carpet at the Blu-ray/DVD release of X-Men: First Class, presented by IGN, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood on Thursday night (September 8).

The 21-year-old actor joked with HitFix about almost not being in the movie, which is out on DVD shelves now.

“They could’ve been trying to goof me or whatever…[but] I went out, and they were flying me to London, and [they] told me I was auditioning for Havok and Beast,” Lucas shared. “And I was like, ‘I know you’ll kill me, but if I get Beast, I’m not in the movie. I’m not going through that makeup everyday.’”

He added, “I have so much respect for Jason [Flemying], Jennifer [Lawrence], and Nick [Hoult]. They had to go through like hours of makeup before we even got there. It’s just rough.”