I don’t know how reliable this is, but it seems legit and with his popularity I do think it’s possible.
What’s everyone’s thought on this as a rumor and as a potential actual casting?
I don’t have any particular attachment to either Pascal or the Fantastic Four. But between The Mandalorian and The Last of Us he seems to be doing pretty well in the “Dad” role. And isn’t Reed Richards the Dad of Marvel’s first family? (Edit to remove word)
Yeah, I think I’d agree with this assessment. I always thought Reed would be a little younger though.
Nah, he’s always had that grey streak in his hair.
I think he was supposed to be late 40s when he got his powers, Sue was mid 20s and Johnny was early 20.
He’s always been almost old enough to be their dad’s, they were just going for the professor grad student thing with him and Sue.
Pedro can look young enough if they show him getting his powers, and old enough to have been in the game a while.
I think he was supposed to be late 40s when he got his powers, Sue was mid 20s
And no one would bat an eye at that in 60s, 70s or 80s and people would laugh it off in the 90s. But in 2024? We’re not so cool with that anymore.
You know that famous early psychology experiment about prison?
The professor was 40/50 years old and banging his early 20s grad student. One night he was laughing about how one participant begged for hours to be let go, and Zimbardo just wouldn’t stop talking until the kid stopped asking to leave. So the kids parents staged a prison break on the fake prison and got him out.
He wanted to keep going, but she told him she wouldn’t have sex with him till he ended it.
He ended it the next day
Zimbardo is still active in academics and treated like a celebrity.
Shits real fucked up how those relationships were almost encouraged. Especially considering how hard it was for women to get into science back then.
But yeah, I think they’ll shrink the age gap to like 35-25.
Everybody thinking about Reed, I’m hoping for a Pedro Pascal Doo…
That is what I want.
He is outrageously likeable, let him play Doom and pair that with the writers giving Doom the complexity the character deserves.
I would have a hard time not thinking of the Mandalorian if he’s just a voice behind a mask.
Isn’t it crazy how they just remake the same movie over and over now
Now?
Do you mean Marvel, or Hollywood in general? Because, what else is Marvel going to do? Create a whole new character and build an entire show around him?
If you mean Hollywood in general, I agree they should get back to making original classics like
- The Thing (1982)
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- The Departed (2006)
- Brewster’s Millions (1985)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- A Star is Born (1954)
- A Star is Born (1976)
- A Star is Born (2018)
Or maybe just a new Dracula, Frankenstein, Shakespeare, Arabian Nights, Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Greek Mythology, Robin Hood, Seven Samurai, King Arthur, or Journey to the West?
Movies have always been a medium for adapting and reimagining existing stories. They are also making new movies with new stories, but those don’t make headlines because nobody knows what they are yet.
“Famous actor cast in a new movie and we don’t know what it’s about yet. Click here to find out more no information.”
You see the remakes, because we can speculate what this Reed Richards will be like, how he will approach the character, and what shape his story will find. You remember the remakes because you’re annoyed by it. You’ve forgotten the movies that came and went while making no splash, because they were just regular movies.
I actually totally agree with you that remaking things has always been the way.
I dunno why stuff like this hits different though. Maybe it’s because I’m old enough to see the same story over and over and notice it now, like you said. But I think it’s a bit more than that.
I mean, the Disney movie Aladdin for example is a beloved part of my childhood. And it’s just an old story retold… But it’s a unique piece of art on its own right. The animation, the comedy, the music, etc. It feels like it stands on its own despite being an old story.
But, and I’m guessing here, this Fantastic Four movie is going to be just like the last Fantastic Four movie. But this time with Pedro Pascal. It’s not gonna be unique. None of these new era of marvel type movies are different from the last aside from the characters. And that’s not a bad thing either! It’s a totally valid form of art and enjoyment.
It’s just a bit crazy.
The last Fant4stic Four movie was a steaming pile of ass.
But my biggest concern is always the cgi for Reed. You cannot make Mr. Fantastic look realistic because the physics don’t make any sort of sense. If he stretches out the way he does in the comics, he would fall over. He doesn’t have Spiderman grippy feet, so once his center of gravity leaves the area around his hips, he needs to be laying on the floor like a snake.
That’s why every movie has done everything possible to avoid showing him do anything. It’s not the actor’s fault that stretchy powers look bad on screen.
