A new clip from the set of Fantastic Four First Steps made the rounds online, and it’s easy to see why after watching it. The clip shows a member of the film’s crew escorting a hooded actor across an open camera view, clearly blocking their identity. So, who is this character? Is it a confirmed actor, another MCU actor, or someone totally new? What makes it even more interesting is that Pedro Pascal showed a picture of himself at the wrap party for the film, alongside who we presume to be the same mystery character.
Check out the photo and the video below and make your best guesses:
The main cast of Fantastic Four is already very well known, with filming wrapping only a couple days ago. To try and guess now who the mystery character could be would be pointless since Marvel has actually done a fantastic job of keeping the majority of what happens in this film under wraps (which they really should be doing).
We know Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing) are playing the titular First Family, with Ralph Ineson and Julia Garner playing Galactus and the Silver Surfer respectively. When it comes to the Fantastic Four team, outside that set of characters the mystery character really could be anyone.
The most common claim is that the actor is Robert Downy Jr. who is infamously going to be portraying Doctor Doom, the next in line to server as the big bad for the MCU. Doctor Doom has close ties with the Fantastic Four characters, appearing in both previous film adaptions of the heroes. It’s pretty much a sure thing we are going to see the villain in the Fantastic Four movie in some capacity, whether it be to set up a direct sequel or the next Avengers: Doomsday movie, but for now all we can do is guess.
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