The Fantastic Four are coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and they'll be led by Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic.
  • reddig33@lemmy.world
    40·
    1 year ago

    Really tired of seeing the same actors cast over and over and over. Pascal is talented, but does he have to be the Mandalorian and Last of Us guy and a Marvel superhero?

              • angrystego@lemmy.world
                3·
                1 year ago

                Not really. The point of voice acting is conveying emotions and situations of a character through speach. Just like in live action, you can have actors-chameleons and actors who are always the same and always good when cast appropriately.

          • SGNL@kbin.social
            3·
            1 year ago

            Ehhh, not to anyone paying attention to the comics before the guardians movies came out.

            But that cna be said about most MCU characters / actors.

            • LifeInOregon@lemmy.world
              7·
              1 year ago

              I’ve been reading Guardians comics since before there was a Peter Quill. Yes, Pratt’s incarnation is more comedic, and his origin is quite different, but he’s very much an emotionally driven character in both. Obviously James Gunn took a far more comedic approach to the overall tone, but Pratt fits the tone of the director and the team in a way that works for the screen.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
        152·
        1 year ago

        Or Chris Evans:

        Fantastic Four (Johnny Storm)
        TMNT (Casey Jones)
        Fantastic Four Silver Surfer (Johnny Storm)
        (Push) - Nick Gant (became a comic later)
        Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Lucas Lee)
        Captain America (Captain America)
        Avengers (Captain America)
        Snowpiercer (Curtis)
        Thor: Dark World (Loki as Captain America)
        Winter Soldier (Captain America)
        Age of Ultron (Captain America)
        Ant Man (Captain America)
        Civil War (Captain America)
        Spider-Man: Homecoming (Captain America)
        Avengers: Infinity War (Captain America)
        Captain Marvel (Captain America)
        Avengers: Endgame (Captain America)
        Free Guy (Chris Evans)

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
          4·
          1 year ago

          I mean, how many of those happened at the same time?

          Most of them are his Marvel Character as well.

          • jordanlund@lemmy.world
            51·
            1 year ago

            Well, at this point, they have written him out. Old Man Steve got to go make his date in the 40s and lived happily ever after.

            Though how the TVA went after Loki and not Steve escapes me.

            • Omega@lemmy.world
              2·
              1 year ago

              Still hoping Steve shows back up.

              But yeah, that new timeline was supposed to happen. I think any timeline without a tyrannical Kang was considered fine. That’s why some variance was okay. Most of the Lokis were taken after they strayed too far, not at the moment of divergence.

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 year ago

      It’s especially silly because people aren’t going to avoid the movie if it’s got a ‘no name’ cast.

    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I wouldn’t mind him being a smaller hero, but he’s really busy already and that could affect Marvel stuff negatively.

  • Copatus@lemmy.world
    18·
    1 year ago

    I don’t really see Pedro as Reed at all. But he’s talented so I’m gonna trust that he can slide into the role.

    The only thing is that I thought Reed would be younger

    • TheDarkKnight@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      And this one will likely be landing at a time of maximum super hero movie fatigue. Hope it succeeds though, would be cool to see a well received F4 movie.

    • RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      Isn’t the main reason for that the licensing, like I forgot which company had the license all those years but they only made movies to not lose the license since thats part of the agreement. Therefore all movies were made as a last ditch effort to keep the license. And they all sucked. With Marvel doing it, maybe slighlty better chance? I mean look at Spider-man.

  • cmbabul@lemmy.world
    151·
    1 year ago

    I find this a strange choice, but I love Pedro and everyone seems to want him in everything so I’m not complaining.

      • Omega@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        I just don’t think John Krasinski is a good actor. Outside of the office, he just comes off as a guy reading lines. It’s a shame, because I loved The Office and A Quiet Place was great aside from his acting. But I’m kind of glad he didn’t get the permanent role.

        Also, IMO WW84 is worth watching 💯 only because of Pedro Pascal.

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    I hope he does the thickest, most “r”-rollingest Spanish accent possible for the role.

    And then drop a line about how Scotty D. can eat the biggest turd sandwich ever.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    1 year ago

    Wow I was just listening to a podcast about the dismal fantastic four films so far, I’ll be excited to see this

  • dornad@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    He has been tapped, but AFAICT not confirmed yet.

    Something that I find interesting is that he is a superb parent/father character actor (I.e.: Joel and Mando), so a possible older Reed with Valeria and Franklin is a very interesting take.