Last week Michael B. Jordan offered up a few thoughts on the criticism towards his casting as Johnny Storm / The Human Torch in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four, and now co-star Miles Teller (a.k.a. the new Mister Fantastic) has chimed in with some comments on the negative reaction that the reboot has received from fans of Marvel’s First Family.
“There are a million blogs and websites talking about the casting and they hear one little thing, like, oh, there was rumor it was a found-footage movie, so then there were a million comments on that.” said Teller in an interview with The Huffington Post. “If we’re going to be up for everybody’s public disposal of it, I try not to get too caught up with anything on the Internet. Out of sight is out of mind for me a lot of the time. I already know that people hate me for the fact that I’m playing Reed Richards and that we’re ruining their franchise. It’s tough because when you’re taking on a franchise that’s already been established, you do kind of owe something to the characters and to the creator. At the same time, you want to bring it to a fresh audience. My dad grew up with the Fantastic Four comic book and not a lot of kids did, so you also want to make a movie that they can enjoy. I will say that this film that we made is not really for little kids, I don’t think. We do take a more mature approach.”
The Fantastic Four is set for release on August 7th 2015 with a Josh Trank (Chronicle) directing a cast that includes Miles Teller (Divergent) as Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara (American Horror Story) as the Invisible Woman, Michael B. Jordan (Chronicle) as the Human Torch, Jamie Bell (Nymphomaniac) as The Thing, Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) as Doctor Doom, Reg E. Cathey (The Wire) as Dr. Storm, and Tim Blake Nelson (The Incredible Hulk) as Harvey Elder.
Originally published October 8, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
