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Ebon Moss-Bachrach listened to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to discuss his recent casting in the upcoming Marvel film “Fantastic Four,” revealing that his character Ben Grimm (aka The Thing) will be created using motion capture instead of a physical suit.
“I think they made a suit in the past. “Michael Chiklis was wearing a suit that was apparently very uncomfortable, and it’s like… we’re over that,” Moss-Bachrach said. “It’s kind of cosplay, kind of amateur, that kind of thing now with the technology we have.”
Kimmel also pressed Moss-Bachrach to confirm whether the recent teaser poster released by Marvel, which featured Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Moss-Bachrach as The Thing – meant the film would be set in the 1960s.
Much to fans’ disappointment, Moss-Bachrach only joked that the poster did, in fact, appear to have a ’60s theme: “That picture seems to have a ’60s theme.”
Although plot details remain scarce, in the comics, the Fantastic Four are astronauts who become superheroes after being exposed to cosmic rays in space. Reed gains the ability to stretch his body to astonishing lengths; Sue, Reed’s girlfriend (and eventual wife), can manipulate light to become invisible and emit powerful force fields; Sue’s brother Johnny can turn her body into fire, allowing her to fly; and Ben, Reed’s best friend, transforms into a giant with orange rocks for a body, giving him super strength.
Matt Shakman (“WandaVision,” “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) will direct “Fantastic Four” from a script written by Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer. “Fantastic Four” will be released in theaters on July 25, 2025.