Ioan Gruffudd Original of “Fantastic Four”, says that the “plan was to make three films”, but studio cut franchise short: “ decisions beyond my control ”
Long before Pedro Pascal stretches his members as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in “Fantastic Four: The First Steps”, it was Ioan Gruffudd who led Marvel’s first family in 2005 “Fantastic Four” and 2007 “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”. Films were critical failures and only light box office tubes (each reported more than $ 300 million worldwide). In a new interview with Vulture, Gruffudd looked at his original “Fantastic Four” franchise during the cut.
“The state of mind was that we were going to make three, and I think that the second film was just as successful as the first and just as pleasant for fans,” said Gruffudd. “I particularly loved working with Doug Jones [as the Silver Surfer] On this film, which is just a great artist and an expert in the field of movement. If you want to see someone who gives life to a character physically, he is simply untouchable. So there was certainly this kind of momentum, and the plan was to make three films, but these decisions are out of my will. »»
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Gruffudd opened in The Guardian in 2020 about the therapy search after the end of the “Fantastic Four” franchise because he “assumed that it would be a business card” for him in Hollywood. But his career did not take off because he thought despite a superhero because the genre won steam with the films “X-Men” and “Spider-Man”. A year after the opening of “Silver Surfer” in theaters, “Iron Man” and “The Dark. Knight ”arrived and the genre exploded.
“As an actor, you cry almost all the parts you played, and it was not different,” Gruffudd told Vulture about the constraint to say goodbye to Reed Richards earlier than expected. “It was a massive springboard in my career, and because it was two films over several years, the character is part of you. So, I think that the mourning process is that you enjoyed the character so much and that you can no longer play them.”
Gruffudd remains proud of his two films “Fantastic Four” and even presented himself to the new restart of Marvel Cinematic Universe last month. The Gruffudd Co-Stars were Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, Chris Evans in the role of Johnny Storm and Michael Chiklis like Ben Grimm. Just before the new “Fantastic Four” opens in theaters, Chiklis posted his greetings on the new distribution on X.
“I would like to thank everyone for all the” Fantastic Four “Love in recent months during the race for the new film” F4 “, wrote Chiklis. “Speaking of this, I want to wish the distribution and the team of” first steps “of good luck and success. I admire these actors and I look forward to seeing them assume these emblematic roles. # F4Forever #Thehing.”
“Fantastic Four: First Steps” plays on a national scale.
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