# Casting for The Fantastic Four has been announced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, comic-books-manga, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [February 14, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559 "2024-02-14T17:50:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/1 "2024-02-14T17:50:35Z")
Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman) , Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (da ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing). Pascal is usually good, I liked Ebon in _Andor,_ and Kirby was pretty decent in _Hobbs & Shaw_. Here’s hoping it’s not a huge bomb like the last FF movie. > **[Marvel’s ‘The Fantastic Four’ casts Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn...](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/marvels-fantastic-four-casts-pedro-pascal-vanessa-kirby-joseph-quinn-rcna138834)** > > Pascal is Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Kirby is Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Quinn is Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Moss-Bachrach is Ben Grimm (aka the Thing). ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/2 "2024-02-14T17:56:58Z")
How many times has this been rebooted now? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/3 "2024-02-14T18:00:12Z")
Second time’s the charm! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/4 "2024-02-14T18:00:56Z")
I think this is the 2nd real reboot. There was a low budget project back in the 80s or 90s I wouldn’t count. So third cast for Fantastic 4 since 2000. * * * * * * I’m unimpressed with the casting, but Marvel has been better at casting than I would expect, so I’ll probably be wrong. Even when they cast actors that can’t act for crap, they find the ones that are good for their roles like Chris Hemsworth. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/5 "2024-02-14T18:07:26Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’m unimpressed with the casting, but Marvel has been better at casting than I would expect, so I’ll probably be wrong. Even when they cast actors that can’t act for crap, they find the ones that are good for their roles like Chris Hemsworth. What’s unimpressive about them? They all seem like solid actors. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/6 "2024-02-14T18:09:18Z")
Dr. Doom needs to wear the robe and the metal mask. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/7 "2024-02-14T18:12:05Z")
Yeah, but who do you cast? You have to have someone who can just knock people’s socks off even when wearing the mask. Very tough to fill that role. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/8 "2024-02-14T18:19:45Z")
They keep at it. Gotta give them that. (And yeah, Doom is not easy. For Doom you want someone who from behind that mask projects _power_ so he doesn’t sound silly referring to himself as “Doom” in 3rd person all the time.) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/9 "2024-02-14T18:23:09Z")
Wikipedia says Ebon Moss-Bachrach is from Massachusetts. Can he do a Hell’s Kitchen accent? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/10 "2024-02-14T18:25:59Z")
Darth What’s his name wore a helmet a lot and it wasn’t a problem not seeing his face. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/11 "2024-02-14T18:35:49Z")
The acting wasn’t the problem with the earlier versions. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/12 "2024-02-14T18:46:07Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Yeah, but who do you cast? You have to have someone who can just knock people’s socks off even when wearing the mask. Very tough to fill that role. Hugo Weaving? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/13 "2024-02-14T18:57:14Z")
if Ray Stevenson hadn’t passed away I’d perhaps choose him, even though DOOM doesn’t have to be a big guy. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/14 "2024-02-14T19:04:57Z")
I remember a short series featuring Medusa and a couple other Inhumans. They got around the living hair by shaving her head, LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/15 "2024-02-14T19:26:25Z")
Please get the origin right. The only other one that did was the first one-Four people go up in a space ship, get bombarded by cosmic rays and are transmogrified into The Fantastic Four. Their _human_ enemy is Doctor Doom, who is pissed off at Reed Richards because of an accident that happened when they were roomies at college. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/16 "2024-02-14T19:34:48Z")
…and he trudged into the mountains where he lived amongst a bunch of monks, and stuck the mask on his face when it was still red hot. And at last, they called him MASTER! I read that story 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/17 "2024-02-16T06:35:16Z")
I hope Doom isn’t in the script. I think he’s what largely torpedoed the first three attempts. Doom is just the anti-Reed and sucks all the air out of the other character’s stories. Bring on the monsters and aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/18 "2024-02-16T07:10:25Z")
It could work. [![](https://i.redd.it/p8h9bdbhw4471.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/p8h9bdbhw4471.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/19 "2024-02-16T08:44:19Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Yeah, but who do you cast? You have to have someone who can just knock people’s socks off even when wearing the mask. Very tough to fill that role. So you’re saying they should have cast Pascal in that role…? (See Mandalorian) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559/20 "2024-02-16T08:55:45Z")
This sounds like a good time to re-post **Robot Arm’s First Law of Superhero Movies** “When casting the lead roles, get actors who can effectively play the secret identity.” Christopher Reeve was great as Clark Kent. Tobey Maguire was great as Peter Parker. Robert Downey Jr. was great as Tony Stark. > [@](#): > > Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman) , Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (da ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing). I assume that all of these people will look just fine in a spandex suit, but can they be believable as astronauts? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559.md?page=2)