Fancast: The Fantastic Four

When I first saw the first Fantastic Four film, I actually liked, but to be fair, I was ten years old at the time. After seeing it for a second time, I realize it was a disgrace to what Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's work. And it had two of the biggest miscasts in recent CBM history (Anne Hathaway as Catwoman doesn't count as the biggest miscast ever since we haven't seen her performance yet):Jessica Alba as Susan Storm and that douche from Nip/Tuck as Doctor Doom.

Anyway, my choice of director would have to be Brad Bird (director of The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Mission Impossible" Ghost Protocol). He's already did a superhero movie about a family (even though it was animated) and he could easily translate that into a live action movie.



Anyway, here's my cast:

Heroes:

Matthew Morrison (Glee, What To Expect When You're Expecting) as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic: A genius scientist and leader of the Fantastic Four. Reed has the power of elasticity, and can stretch and shape shift his body. Reed is also very intelligent and is knowledgable in the fields of physics, advanced mathematics, astro-physics, nano-physics, engineering, robotics, and mechanics.



Reason for Casting: I was inspired to cast Morrison after seeing him in Glee, where he played the teacher and leader of the Glee club. He's great at playing intelligent and friendly, and I think he'd be a good fit as Reed.

Jennifer Morrison (House, How I Met Your Mother) as Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman: The brother of Johnny Storm and later wife of Reed Richards. Susan has the ability to become invisible, project invisibility, project force fields, and become intangible.



Reason for Casting: Morrison's a good actress, who've I enjoyed on House and she pass off a scientist more than Alba ever could. I also think she'd have good chemistry with Matthew.

Kellan Lutz (the Twilight films, Immortals) as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch: The younger brother of Susan Storm, and a pain-in-the-ass to Ben Grimm. Johnny has the ability of pyrokinesis, and can take on a fiery form, which allows him to fly and absorb heat.



Reason for Casting: I'm expecting a lot like "You fail for casting a Twilight actor", "Twilight actor = epic fail", and "You suck!". Before you even think of typing those comments down, Penn Jillette has a very important message for you:



Anyway, all of the good Johnny picks are WAY too old for my tastes. I want with Lutz because I'm convinced he can portray Johnny's attitude and cheeky sense of humor.

Eddie Cahill (Friends, CSI: New York) as Benn Grimm/The Thing: Reed Richard's best friend and college roommate, and flew the rocket that led to the four getting bombarded by cosmic radiation and gaining their powers. Ben has an orange, rock-like skin, possess superhuman strength and invulnerability, and a larger lung capacity. Ben initially sought out a cure for his condition, but has gotten use to it after entering a relationship with Alicia Masters.



Reason for Casting: Eddie is tall enough for the Ben, and can easily do Ben's New York (or as DDD and RoadDog like to say "Noo Yawk") accent, which is an extremely vital part for Ben. IMO, he'd be great as the Ever Lovin' Blue Eyed Thing. Also, the Thing should be portrayed by motion capture this time around.

Elisha Cuthbert (24, Happy Endings) as Alicia Masters: A blind sculptress who can create incredible life like sculptures by touch and memory alone. She is in a relationship with Ben Grimm AKA the Thing, and taught the Silver Surfer life and human emotion.



Reason for Casting: I was never a fan of Cuthbert as Black Cat because she seemed too sweet. I think she'd be great as Alicia and have good chemistry with Cahill.

Billy Crudup 9Almost Famous, Watchmen) as Norin Radd/The Silver Surfer: A young astronomer from Zenn-La , who bargained with the planet-destroying entity Galactus to spare his planet if he became his herald. Given a new appearance, along with a portion of the Power Cosmic and a surfboard like craft. During an encounter with the Fantastic Four, they helped him rediscover his nobility of spirit. He rebelled against Glactus, but was punished by being exiled to Earth. The Power Cosmic grants him the abilities of superhuman strength, endurance, senses and the ability to absorb and manipulate the universe's ambient energy for a variety of effects.



Reason for Casting: This is pick was 101% inspired by Crudup's performance in Watchmen, where he played Doctor Manhattan, an omnipotent, god-like being. His voice for Manhattan was what I imagined the Silver Surfer to sound like in the comics. He'd fit the Silver Surfer more than Mister Fantastic.

Johnathan Rhys-Meyers (Velvet Goldmine, The Tudors) as Black Bolt: The leader of the InHumans, a group of humans who have been exposed to the DNA-altering Terrigan Mists. Bolt posses a hypersonic voice that can level an entire city with a whisper. Thus, he has undergone rigorous mental training so that he can never make a sound, even in his sleep.



Reason for Casting: Black Bolt needs an actor who can speak a thousand words without saying any, and Meyers certainly fits the criteria. He's fantastic actor and has played a king twice (the king of Rock and Roll in Elvis and a king who's an asshole on The Tudors. I'd take him as Black Bolt over Namor any day of the week.

Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Conan the Barbabrian) as Medusa: The queen of the InHumans and husband of Black Bolt. Medusa's long, red hair is prehensile, and can stretch it and control it like a limb.



Reason for Casting: This was one of those last-minute casting choices. I casted Nichols because she is very beautiful and looks great with red locks. She's also a pretty good actress.

Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Fright Night) as Crystal: The younger sister of Medusa and one time girl friend of Johnny Storm. Crystal has the ability to manipulate Earth's four elements: Water, Earth, Wind, and Fire.



Reason for Casting: I have to thank tweeeeenkies3 for this pick. I originally went with Emma Wtason, but I thought it would be kinda weird to see her with my Johnny pick (think really hard about it). Anyway, Poots is a very good actress and is pretty hot. She'd be great as Crystal and have good chemistry with Lutz.

Jessica Biel (7th Heaven, The A-Team) as Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk: The cousin of Bruce Banner (aka The Hulk) and one time member of the Fantastic Four. She has similar abilities to her cousin, but keeps her intelligence while in her Hulk form, and also has Fourth-Wall awareness.



Reason for Casting: I primarily went with Biel because she has the body, the personality, and the acting chops to pull off She-Hulk. Plus, she would look freakin' awesome with green skin and in She-Hulk's costume.

Villains:

Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who, The Shadow Line) as Doctor Victor von Doom: The ruler of the country of Latveria, who is master of the arts of sorcerery and science. Doom wishes to prove himself superior to Reed Richards and to rule the world. Besides his genius level intellect, Doom wears a suit of power armor, and possesses the powers of technopathy and mind transferral. However, his real weakness is his arrogance.



Reason for Casting: I wanted to be original with my Doctor Doom pick, so no to Mads Mikkelsen and Mark Strong (although They'd be awesome in the roles). Anyway, Eccleston is a great actor who deserves a CBM role (Destro doesn't count). He played a great villain in 28 Days Later, and I think he could pull off Doom's arrogance and intelligence. Besides, this pick is better than that Nip/Tuck guy (although a number of European actors would be better than him.

Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Barney's Vision) as Harvey Rupert Elder/the Mole Man: An American nuclear engineer who was rejected by society for his homely appearance and crackpot theories on a Hollow Earth. Harvey fled to Subterranea and befriended he monsters that lived there. Seeking vengeance against humanity, he took the name of the Mole Man and used his monsters to attack the surface world, but was thwarted by the Fantastic Four.



Reason for Casting: Giamatti's one of my favorite actors and he's really fun to watch on screen. He can bring out the creepiness and fun out of the character.

Steve Buscemi (Fargo, Boardwalk Empire) as Phillip Masters/The Puppet Master: The stepfather of Alicia Masters, who posses the psionic ability to control people by making statues out of tim from radioactive clay.



Reason for Casting: This casting is inspired by Buscemi's performance in Con Air where he played a pretty unsettling character. He'd make a pretty creepy Puppet Master.

Tom Kenny (Spongebob Squarepants, The Super Hero Squad Show) as the Impossible Man: A highly annoying tourist from the planet from the planet of Poppup. A hedonist and a prankster, the Impossible Man is capable of shapeshifting and manipulating his molecules. However, he can be defeated if you simply ignore him.



Reason for Casting: Kenny is no stranger to Marvel, having voiced various Marvel characters on The Superhero Squad Show. He's a great voice actor who I can easily imagine doing the Impossible Man (he already plays a highly annoying character on Spongebob Squarepants).

Peter Mensah (Tears of the Sun, Spartacus: Blood and Sand) as the Super Skrull: A member of the shapeshifting aliens called Skrulls who has been given the powers of the Fantastic Four, but his power level exceeds the originals. The Super Skrull also posses the powers of Shapeshifting and Hypnosis, just like regular Skulls.



Reason for Casting: If you've seen the dude on Spartacus, then you'd know that's pretty intimidating and has the right voice for the Super Skrull.

Michael Wincott (The Crow, Halo 2) as Annihilus: The insectoid like ruler of the planet Arthros, a planet in the Negative zone, who wishes to either destroy or conquering all of its planets. Annihilus is endowed with superhuman strength, stamina, and durability, and can fly. He also wields the Cosmic Control Rod, which allows him to manipulate energy and molecules.



Reason for Casting: Wincott's got a very unnerving voice that would fit with Annihilus. He's also great at playing villains.

Michael Sheen (Underworld, Frost/Nixon) as Maximus the Mad: The schizophrenic brother of Black Bolt. who wishes to destroy the Inhumans. Maximus posses the power of mind control, and also possess an inventive genius.



Reason for Casting: After seeing him in Unthinkable, I think Sheen wonder be awesome as Maximus. the film proved he could pull off the calculating and intelligent, yet sinister type. He has a wicked smile to boot.

Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy, Blood Diamond) as Ronan the Accuser: A member of the Kree alien race, who judges if a planet is worthy enough of joining the Kree empire. Ronan posses superhuman strength and endurance, which is enhanced by a powered exoskeleton. Ronan also carries a staff called the "Universal Weapon", which uses cosmic energy for a variety of effects according to the wielder's will, including the disintegration, rearrangement, and transmutation of matter, the projection of concussive energy blasts, the absorption of energy, control over gravity, the creation of force fields and "time-motion displacement fields" and interstellar teleportation along hyperspatial passages.



Reason for Casting: Vosloo's an awesome actor whose great at playing villains. His voice and presence would work well with Ronan.

Christopher Lee (Jinnah, The Wicker Man) as Galactus: An entity that was created at the beginning of the universe by combining the Sentience of the Universe and Galan of Taa. Galactus experiences a hunger so strong that he must consume the energies of entire planets in order to fulfill it. Thus, he uses heralds to find planets for him to consume. Galactus wields the Power Cosmic, which he can use to any effect he wishes.



Reason for Casting: Galactus deserves on-screen justice, and shouldn't be portrayed as a goddamn cloud (and a big "[frick] you to Fox for ruining Galactus). Christopher Lee is more than qualified for Galactus because he ha sthe right presence and voice for the role. To prove my point, check out this clip from The Two Towers:



Please leave your thoughts and comments below. I hope you have enjoyed this cast. Also, rude or mean comments will be deleted.