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After years of casting rumors following the tanked reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise, Hollywood’s premier house for derailing actors’ promising careers, Marvel Studios, has confirmed the cast for the series’ second revamp.
The Last of Us’ Pedro Pascal—already the busiest man in Tinseltown—will take on the role of the mutant quartet’s leader, Reed Richards. Vanessa Kirby will play the role of Sue Storm, while Joseph Quinn will star as her brother Johnny Storm. Finally, Ebon Moss-Bacharach will be strapping thousands of green tracking dots onto his body to play Ben Grimm/The Thing.
Fans’ response to the casting news was as immediate as it was mixed. Some were quick to praise Marvel for announcing the cast with an illustration in-line with the classic comics, hoping that it was a sign that the new Fantastic Four would be faithful to the upbeat feeling of the original comic books. (The first issue of the Fantastic Four comics was released in 1961). Others were more critical, noting that the cast was, once again, almost entirely white.