FANTASTIC FOUR Star Jessica Alba Rumored To Take On Surprising Role In DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

FANTASTIC FOUR Star Jessica Alba Rumored To Take On Surprising Role In DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

There have been rumblings for a while now that Jessica Alba might reprise her Fantastic Four role in Deadpool & Wolverine, but a new rumour suggests there could be a twist regarding which Sue Storm it is.

By JoshWilding - Apr 02, 2024 08:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine is expected to feature a lot of cameos, with many of them being characters who hail from 20th Century Fox's "X-Men Universe." 

Set photos have already highlighted the likes of Sabretooth, Toad, and Pyro, but it seems the X-Men franchise won't be the only series of movies referenced in the upcoming threequel. 

Unsurprisingly, all signs point to Marvel Studios also mining those early Fantastic Four movies, albeit with a small yet significant twist. 

According to scooper Caleb Williams, the plan is for Jessica Alba to reprise her Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer role as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman in Deadpool & Wolverine...as the wife of Earth-838's Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic! 

This could be outdated information because there were early rumours about this movie dealing with the fallout from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. However, given what we saw go down on Earth-838, some links would definitely make sense as there are bound to be heroes on that world hoping to avenge the fallen members of the Illuminati. 

Why would Alba be playing the wife of John Krasinski's Reed instead of Ioan Gruffudd's? It could be scheduling issues or something to do with the fact Gruffudd has been making headlines for a messy separation from his ex-wife; with that in mind, Marvel Studios may have decided to play things safe. 

In 2022, Alba reflected on what it meant to play Sue Storm and the fact she was a Latina actress portraying a character who is depicted as white in the comic books. 

"Even if you look at the Marvel movies - that’s the biggest driver of fantasy and what’s happening right now in entertainment, because it’s sort of the family thing - it’s still quite Caucasian," she said. "I would say I was one of the few back in the day. And it was before Marvel was sold to Disney...but it’s still quite...more of the same."

Shawn Levy directs Deadpool & Wolverine, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, and Matthew Macfadyen. The movie is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy.

The trades have confirmed that Jennifer Garner will reprise her role as Elektra, with Wesley Snipes, James Marsden, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Dafne Keen, Channing Tatum, Blake Lively and, as we mentioned above, even singer Taylor Swift among those rumoured to make an appearance. 

Deadpool & Wolverine arrives in theaters on July 26.

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ItsNotForMeWahh
ItsNotForMeWahh - 4/2/2024, 8:17 AM
She is playing Taylor Swift
BrainySleep
BrainySleep - 4/2/2024, 8:19 AM
@ItsNotForMeWahh - And Taylor Swift is playing John Krasinski
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 4/2/2024, 8:22 AM
@BrainySleep - and John Krasinski is playing Jim Halpert playing Ioan Gruffudd playing Reed Richards
PC04
PC04 - 4/2/2024, 8:40 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - I thought Randall Park was playing Jim Halpert who is playing Mr. Fantastic, who is playing John Krasinki?
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 4/2/2024, 9:52 AM
@PC04 - Rainn Wilson
BrainySleep
BrainySleep - 4/2/2024, 10:09 AM
@PC04 - Good point. Hats off to me for not noticing race
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/2/2024, 8:26 AM
Torch Evans meets Captain Evans
Toecutter
Toecutter - 4/2/2024, 10:36 AM
@Reeds2Much - "I loved you in Wall Street!" Every time I randomly cross paths with one of my buddies or siblings in video games, I quote this line.
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/2/2024, 8:26 AM
She should be playing Sue Richards but I can see her being Lady Deadpool.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 4/2/2024, 8:31 AM
@marvel72 - If anyone is playing Lady Deadpool it's Blake Lively. If it's not her than it's a major missed oppurtinity.
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/2/2024, 8:56 AM
@Mrcool210 - I get what you are saying but this is Disney Marvel we are talking about here.
RedFury
RedFury - 4/2/2024, 8:31 AM
While I think cameos like this are fun, it seems sort of messy to put Alba in the role if she's going to be Krasinkis Sue. It would be much easier casting someone new as that iteration than melding actors into different universes. Especially if Evans shows up as the Human Torch in that universe as well. Why would everyone but Krasinski be different? It just doesn't flow well imo.
SethBullock
SethBullock - 4/2/2024, 8:52 AM
@RedFury - "Why would everyone but Krasinski be different?"

In MoM everyone looked like the characters in the main timeline except for Krasinski, because main timeline Reed will be played by Pascal.

And Xavier looked like Stewart so every other X-Men character should also look like the Foxmen, would that mean that all the mutants in the main timeline will also look like the Foxmen?

Marvel Studios just ruined everything with some of the MoM cameos and it seems that they want to go even further with the Deadpool and Wolverine movie.
RedFury
RedFury - 4/2/2024, 8:57 AM
@SethBullock - fair point! I guess I'm coming from the angle of it would just confuse the universes a bit, and people might jump to the conclusion that the FF in that timeline are from those two FF films, rather than it just being an amalgamation of variants. But to your point they already did that with MoM.

I do wish they just made everyone in each timeline a different actor. It would have been easier to differentiate things that way.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 4/2/2024, 10:34 AM
@RedFury - Well there is no particular reason, you can have for example multiple universes where the main Spider-Man looks like Tom Holland and some deviations that look like someone else like Tobey Maguire. Similarly you can have a universe that so happens that only Reed Richards looks different from the other one we're familiar with. You can argue that multiverse is being used as a cop put or a way to insert random cameos whenever they feel like, and you'd probably be right, but it does permit these situations.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/2/2024, 1:11 PM
@Urubrodi - True. Also both Tobey and Tom have JK Simmons as JJJ.
RedFury
RedFury - 4/2/2024, 4:02 PM
@Urubrodi - also a fair point.
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 4/2/2024, 8:33 AM
Every time I see Jessica Alba

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tylerzero
tylerzero - 4/2/2024, 8:37 AM
@WhateverItTakes -

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WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 4/2/2024, 8:43 AM
@tylerzero - User Comment Image
Toecutter
Toecutter - 4/2/2024, 10:41 AM
@WhateverItTakes - Wait. Every time you see Jessica Alba, you throw cum at someone's face who is walking by? Remind me never to walk near you when a pic of her is nearby.
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/2/2024, 12:15 PM
@WhateverItTakes - Dirty man,someone I can relate with.
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 4/2/2024, 12:37 PM
@Toecutter @marvel72 - I watched SOTl for the first time in ages last night and I laughed when that happened. Great film. I watched Hannibal too thats pretty [frick]ed up
Blergh
Blergh - 4/2/2024, 1:19 PM
@WhateverItTakes - You're easily convinced by vaguely southern meat enthisasts
tylerzero
tylerzero - 4/2/2024, 2:34 PM
@WhateverItTakes -

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WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 4/2/2024, 4:03 PM
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TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 4/2/2024, 8:37 AM
This is almost just become a role call at this point. I kinda don't even care now when a new rumor hits. I almost feel like I might not care when they all show up.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 4/2/2024, 8:37 AM
Can't wait to see her. I'm a fan. Jen Garner and Jessica Alba in one move, yowza.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 4/2/2024, 8:39 AM
My personal conspiracy theory has always been that they originally wanted Ioan Gruffudd for MoM, but something didn't pan out and Miles Tellar wouldn't have gotten people excited (neither popular take on the character in the first place nor old enough for nostalgia motivated "good actually" re-evaluation), so they threw the fancasting community a bone instead. Making Alba play Krasinski!Reed would be kinda a weird disconnect, but I guess it's not something Emily Blunt would be interested to do.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 4/2/2024, 8:41 AM
@FinnishDude - Typo. Meant to say "Making Alba play Krasinski!Reed's Sue"
Fogs
Fogs - 4/2/2024, 8:44 AM
Josh bringing race into this article that has zero to do with it. Wtf is this obsession.
mountainman
mountainman - 4/2/2024, 8:54 AM
@Fogs - It’s called bait. And Josh does it every chance he gets.
RedFury
RedFury - 4/2/2024, 9:40 AM
@Fogs - it's funny, I didn't even see that part in the article because I pretty much stop reading at the half way mark with everything on this site these days. I tend to read the "scoop" that's in the second paragraph, and then know that everything beyond it is a copy and paste from a previous article and almost always has nothing to do with anything.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 4/2/2024, 8:55 AM
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LukeCage2155
LukeCage2155 - 4/2/2024, 12:17 PM
@SuperCat - Another fabulous gif fam.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 4/2/2024, 1:00 PM
@LukeCage2155 - >>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Thanks, brother!
Typhoon20
Typhoon20 - 4/2/2024, 9:16 AM
This shit gives me DSMOM PTSD and I don't like it. Please don't Disneyfy the movie and ruin it with your multiverse BS and cameos BS.
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 4/2/2024, 8:33 PM
@Typhoon20 - too late?
Timerider
Timerider - 4/2/2024, 9:32 AM
Why not just have Emily Blunt be his Sue Storm instead of Jessica Alba? It’s a small cameo anyway. If she’s in uniform, we’ll know who she is.

She might have to steal something for Deadpool and Wolverine so they can escape. She can’t be seen, so it might be that.
RedFury
RedFury - 4/2/2024, 9:42 AM
@Timerider - this is what I would rather. It would be fan service like Krasinski as Reed was, and a nice cameo for her. Though I have a feeling from all the chatter before MoM that she just doesn't want to be a part of it. At least that's the vibe I was getting from all her interviews.
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