It's always worth taking rumours with a pinch of salt, but sometimes, even the hardest-to-believe claims prove correct. After all, did anyone really think Charlie Cox would get his own Disney+ series as Daredevil or that Harry Styles would play Starfox, for example, when those claims were first reported?
Now, though, we have a particularly bonkers rumour shared by CBR. It appears to have originated on Reddit or 4Chan (which says a lot), but if correct, we'll see another member of the Fantastic Four in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
John Krasinski played a Mister Fantastic Variant in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but this report states that Ben Grimm, a.k.a. The Thing, will be part of the show. This would mark the character's MCU debut, and could point to Marvel's First Family already existing in this shared world following the events of Avengers: Endgame.
Speculation has run rampant for a while now that the team might have gained their powers during one of the Blips, and this could avoid the need for another origin story while also building excitement for the Fantastic Four reboot's eventual release.
What's particularly interesting about this is that The Thing is reportedly being played by How I Met Your Mother star Jason Segel through motion capture and VFX. Ben will supposedly be "fighting a defamation case" in She-Hulk, and does battle with The Wrecking Crew as well as sharing the screen with Jennifer Walters and Daredevil.
Bear in mind that a She-Hulk plot leak that was every bit as unbelievable surfaced not too long ago, only for the first trailer to confirm much of what it claimed (such as Frog-Man's appearance and Wong's now confirmed supporting role). Whether this story is accurate remains to be seen, but it's certainly a fun one to speculate about!
The Fantastic Four's MCU debut is long overdue, anyway, and as they bring characters like Galactus and Doctor Doom with them, their presence promises to be a total game-changer. Only time will tell whether that ultimately includes an appearance from The Thing as early as next month.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law premieres on Disney+ on August 17.