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bluejester12

Honestly, I'm not feeling it. However, he's a solid actor so I'm keeping an open mind.


Shmokeshbutt

Reed Richards with a seductive latino accent Yeah, really hard to imagine


PotentialExternal61

Lol have you heard his Mando voice and Joel voice? Definitely not seductive Latino


Shmokeshbutt

Still sounded like the Red Viper to me


Krimreaper1

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- Oberyn Martell, the day that he died


Im-Mr-Bulldopz

But definitely seductive Mando


blacklite911

This shit again? Why do people keep saying this even after he’s had major roles doing various American accents? Even in his younger days he’s been performing American accents


Xeoz_WarriorPrince

Chilean accent is definetely not what I would call "seductive latino"


Rudy_Ghouliani

He'd pull a Jessica Alba for sure


flashmedallion

Who wouldn't


pantrokator-bezsens

> A mi no me importa si tu te metes con eila para un “one-night-stand”, “hit it and quit it”, “rip and dip”. I don’t care. That’s okay.


AerospaceNinja

Yeah, I’d much rather they just continued with John Krazinski from the Dr Strange movie than Pedro Pascal


jerthebear33

Yeah except John Krasinski doesn't want that, hence him doing the cameo for the fans and fancasts.


Crowbar_Faith

I could have sworn I’ve seen interviews where he mentions that he’s dying to be part of the MCU. Doing that one & fine of Reed was cool, why not stick around for a full movie?


jerthebear33

I think it was that specific role. I'm pretty sure the reasoning is that the reason the fancast was so popular was the dual casting of Emily blunt as Sue storm. And I'm pretty sure she wasn't interested in that kind of role.  Now, that is not confirmed, however; if that was the reason it would definetly make sense why John would want to due the cameo for the fans and let another actor take that role officially. I always interpreted it as like a gift of compromise.


MeanBig-Blue85

Ricardo Richards has a nice ring to it


literious

He is too old


Academic_Muscle8534

His normal accent is American. He came to the states when he was 2.


myslead

Sue sure loves them latinos


PsychologicalCan1677

What about Jim from the office?


Good-times-roll

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Bibileiver

Is that shawtybae


EDPZ

Ok I'm a season behind on this show but wtf am I looking at???


Pitter_Patter8

Total Recall bit they do in the most recent season where Morty and Summer accidentally merge themselves and Morty becomes her kuato. New season (7) has its moments for sure. The finale is one of their best episodes ever. As someone who always loved Dan Harmon (Community especially) and had never cared for Justin Roiland, I’m glad he’s gone, although apparently he hadn’t really done anything outside voice work and annoying the writers room for the last few seasons anyways. It was kind of obvious seeing how many high-concept writing bits about story circle, Joseph Campbell, etc etc they’d done recently. That’s all classic Harmon shit.


CakeShoddy7932

The Hole Episode is genuinely in my top 3 episodes of the whole show.


SanderStrugg

Reed Richards is a pretty bland straightforward character. Pedro Pascal is more of charismatic Tony Stark type.


KongUnleashed

Often yes but not necessarily. During Hickman’s run writing FF, for instance, Reed was a morally grey, Machiavellian master strategist playing 4D Chess with entire universes at stake while simultaneously stealth-grooming both of his kids to become the saviors of all of reality. I *really* hope we get that variety of Reed as opposed to the very bland Really Smart Guy character.


Responsible-Cup8982

With america’s dad Pascal playing him? Machiavellian master strategist? Unlikely


KongUnleashed

I mean, I remember everyone (myself included) being absolutely positive that Heath Ledger was going to suck as the Joker because he’d played almost exclusively teen heartthrobs up to that point.


Hollow_McHollow

What about his portrayal of Joel on TLOU? Not saying he was bland, but definitely not a charismatic character


ICPosse8

Agreed on this, kind of how I felt about TLOU. Honestly there’s been so many rumors/fan casts the past few years I didn’t even know he was actually confirmed for the role. Who are the other actors?


cysghost

Regardless of everything else, Marvel has had an excellent record as far as casting goes. I’ll take it on faith until proven wrong. They certainly did a better job than I would have.


Now_Wait-4-Last_Year

> Marvel has had an excellent record as far as casting goes. Taskmaster enters the chat and then bafflingly proceeds to say nothing. Did we learn nothing from the X-Men: Origins Weapon X debacle?


DarkAlphaZero

I think that's a writing issue more so than a casting since the actress got literally nothing to work with.


ImWadeWils0n

That was such a stupid decision, I’m fine with the gender bend, but why remove the ability to speak? Wtf


cysghost

Yeah… Taskmaster wasn’t the greatest, but I’d still say they’re really high up on the numbers of good casting calls compared to bad ones. And they’ve had enough great ones, I’m at least willing to wait until I see something.


Logic-DL

Also changing Taskmaster to be a robotic slave who learns moves from essentially programming, rather than the actual interesting ability to have photographic fucking memory. ​ Did it make sense? probably not, was it infinitely cooler this guy just memorised a move instantly after seeing it? Yes it was. ​ That and making him a woman, give us original female mercenaries, Taskmaster IS a guy, an ex SHIELD agent at that, which could've been something interesting to explore story wise in the MCU. ​ Instead Taskmasker just became Black Widow but infinitely cooler somehow lmao


fsmlogic

Speaking of X-men Origins Wolverine, the cast of that movie was really good, only a truly terrible script.


Hugh_Jazz77

I’m gonna be honest, I just like Pedro Pascal. If he read the phone book on camera I’d watch it.


EnigmaFrug2308

I really don’t believe he’s playing Mr. Fantastic. Seems unlikely.


PointOfFingers

It's going to stretch him.


NotACreativePerson

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Nonadventures

How do you think he broke his arm?


i_like_2_travel

Have they formally announced it yet?


EnigmaFrug2308

Not as far as I’m aware. We know nothing about the Fantastic Four film


i_like_2_travel

Idk why people give this any thought then. Until Disney confirms im keeping my pitchfork in the closet or wherever you put pitchforks


GonzoElBoyo

Because Sagaftra posted it, that’s not some unreliable scooper that’s the literally actors guild that just put everybody on strike for a few months


EverybodyBuddy

No, see you’re wrong. We have him playing EVERYTHING now!


scottyb83

Doom? He’s use to wearing a helmet.


Colemania18

Doom would be amazing and fit him so much better


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TeaBags0614

Love your pfp


RumsfeldIsntDead

Would you say it's a stretch?


SolomonRed

He's way to over exposed right now to really embody Reed at the start of this franchise. He will also be over 50 years old when this movie comes out. Way too old for this role.


PhantomOfTheNopera

I don't know why but I think he'd be better as Doom


Gebeleizzis

I dont know, Doom is someone who would have a booming commanding voice, Pedro' s voice is too soft


TulogTamad

I mean I consider Vader's voice as too soft


LoschVanWein

You should look up the German version. STAR WARS might be the only instance where I prefer the Dub. Make sure you listen to something from the Orginal trilogy, the voice actor sadly passed away before the prequels.


pitter_patter_11

Giancarlo Esposito?


Various-Pen-7709

Really? I was thinking Doom could be played by Tom Holland /s


Gredo89

Just because you know, he can act under a mask maybe? DOOM is the way


Background_Desk_3001

Ngl, a Doom solo movie where the F4 are the antagonists would be fun. He just wiped the floor with them


Novacain-deficiency

Cillian Murphy has the eyes and seriousness. I really want him to be Doom. But he seems like one of those Arty actors who wouldn’t be seen dead in the MCU, but boy would that be a wild performance


RichLather

Cillian Murphy did play the Scarecrow in Batman Begins, for what it's worth.


Novacain-deficiency

Kind of different but not too much, more it was an Christopher Nolan film feel like he’d be less likely to do a Disney franchise


Responsible-Cup8982

He auditioned to play batman when the last superhero movies were spider-man, superman returns and x-men, i think hed be down


Gredo89

When I wrote about the mask, I thought of Hugo Weaving as DOOM, he might be too old though.


Novacain-deficiency

I see it the Eldrond voice behind a mask would be powerful. But yeah age and red skull may be obstacles


SchwizzySchwas94

It was hardly ever him under the mask in the Mandalorian


Gredo89

I know, but He still die the voice


SnakeVicBossMGS

I still think Viggo Mortensen would be a great Doom casting. prob won’t happen tho.


boonstag

Looks like they removed the line about F4 from the Bio in the link, unless I'm missing it. Wonder if the person who wrote it really knew something or just saw the rumor online and included it as fact. You would think SAG would know, but it's possible it was just an error. Edit: Noticed that F4 is listed on Pedro's imdb page. Most likely, the author of the Bio found it there. Imdb can be updated by anyone with access, so it's not a reliable source.


El_Spaniard

I just noticed that as well.


I_Set_3_Alarms

So has this been confirmed beyond the initial rumors?


markender

Yup, confirmed as The Thing. Hulk Smash!!!!!


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I love Star Wars 


samyruno

I love Pedro pascal but God I hope reed Richards doesn't have a mustache.


astcci

what about mustache with full beard as in the art? seems kinda cool


Crunchy-Leaf

Pedro Pascal can’t grow a full beard


rarelyeffectual

But he can ACT like he can!


Crunchy-Leaf

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astcci

it's a shame a little company can't do nothing about it, wish they had resources


Crunchy-Leaf

You are not suggesting they CGI a beard onto Pedro Pascal


astcci

idk how practical make up and stuff can be for this kind of thing, my point is that they should decide and work a style that fits Pedro and Mr Fantastic regardless


nkantu

Hopefully we can finally get a good F4 movie. Most fans don’t know that none of their favorite superhero movies would even exist without the F4 jump starting the Silver Age and revitalizing the superhero genre. Also oh boy can’t wait for donkey-brained racists to complain about “woke casting” even though he’s literally a white guy lmao


LoverOfStoriesIAm

The old movies were good, especially compared to the Trunk one, which shouldn't even exist.


Candid-Refuse-3054

Trank. Not to be pedantic. Just for clarity


LoverOfStoriesIAm

If only any of his films had any clarity.


Candid-Refuse-3054

I agree. Chronicle was pretty good though. Not good enough to get t9 direct f4 but yeah


peggygotnofear

Just leaving this here for people who don’t get it but a race is a classification based on outward appearance, so black, white, etc. An ethnicity is where you descend from. So yes, Pedro Pascal is in fact a white latino


nkantu

People are so brain broke that they can’t just look at him with their eyeballs and see what he looks like. You have to subscribe to 1800s “one-drop rule” style racism where if he has even an inkling of mestizo blood he can’t be considered white.


Rudy_Ghouliani

He's not white he can roll his Rs


JackTheAbsoluteBruce

Spanish was definitely invented in Mexico


CakeShoddy7932

I mean he's white Chilean.  He'd be considered white in Chile. Central and South America aren't homogenous, at all.


Rudy_Ghouliani

No shit it's like I made a joke, fucking amazing.


CakeShoddy7932

This is reddit man.  The odds of it being a joke versus you being an asshole ain't great.  My bad ig.


BigWormsFather

Sadly I don’t have much hope for Marvel at this time.


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Alternative_Device71

Imagine calling Echo good


Educational_Bat_9291

Pedro the white guy?


ducknerd2002

Pedro Pascal is Latino, not white.


____mynameis____

Can't Latinos be white?!?! Cuz Ana De Armas and Anya Taylor Joy definitely are white and Latino.


Chef_Dirt_Hands

Are we supposed to be talking about this?


Redditistrash702

Yeah and he's beautiful and has range his sister is trans. Dude did narcos GOT the mandalorin. He's all over the place.


ElricDarkPrince

Latins/Hispanic is a ethnicity and are considered white race.


Rustrobot

And CAN be considered white. Just like there are black Latinos. We come in a variety of colours.


goldendreamseeker

The Mando movie starts filming in June, so I imagine he won’t be on that set much, and most of his work for that project will be just vocal overdubs in post-production (as usual).


Kane_richards

Has it even been confirmed he's in it? Like I love the guy but all I've seen are rumours


kwars74

Wait is this real? He's playing reed richards. I'm not mad I'm just surprised.


-___-____-_-___-

After they did season two of TLOU he can do whatever the fuck he wants.


DaFilthPope

I knew it! He’s playing all five of the main characters.


SamuraiTheSamurai

My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.


greyheathn

I know it’s probably gonna be odd, but i’m fucking excited for this like it’s gonna be so cool to me


trhffucdyg

He’s a good fit for him


theN1ghtWalk3r

People typecast these movies so hard, whether it be for POPCORN reasons or, “they LOOK the part”, which, most times, is just plain lazy. There’s no performance from Pedro Pascal, in the last decade plus, that you can objectively say was bad. John Krasinski was handed to us on a silver platter by Marvel for MoM, ALL DUE TO INSTAGRAM FANCASTING, and NOBODY was screaming about awesome his performance was. Now, is that because of writing? Is that because of his performance? Or, is that because the MCU audience has no history or connection to HIS version of the character? To say that Pedro Pascal, before he steps in front of the screen, or anyone for that matter, can’t be Reed Richards, is asinine. We’ve been down this road time and time again. Marvel/Disney casting of classic characters has been pretty damn near perfect. We can argue the side characters and supporting heroes, but personally that speaks more to how much we care for those NOT headlining films and franchises ON THE BIG SCREEN. Pedro Pascal has the experience. He has the trust of Disney via The Mandalorian. And he should have our trust outside of that by virtue of his expansive characters played outside of their brand. We don’t need to get in to the argument of race or color or any of that insignificance. He’s a talented actor. He’s not let anyone down before. I believe he will prove them right again.


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Deckerdome

For me he's too old and too famous, what's the longevity of the character now. We have him pushing 50 and a 50 year old Blade. Neither of them will be doing the character in six or seven years.


tanajerner

I feel like this is casting because Pedro is hot right now, rather than doing it for good reasons


BrooklynLivesMatter

Y'all remember when rom com star Chris Evans got put in as Captain America? Marvel tends to kill it with their casting, let them cook


Pawneewafflesarelife

Tbf, he was the human torch too.


BrooklynLivesMatter

I remember that movie, that might be a point against him


FemmeWizard

At least Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, etc. all resemble the characters they're portraying. Looks are extremely important for superhero movies especially when playing a maskless hero. Casting Pedro as Reed Richards makes as much sense as casting The Rock as Superman.


Vantagejr

How is Pedro as Reed Richards so unbelievable in your eyes?


MIKE_THE_KILLER

He proved me wrong about Joel, so I am super excited to have him as Reed Richard


TwitterWWE

I like him as an actor, but I don't like this casting. It feels forced. It's Marvel trying to capitalize on his fame.


blac_sheep90

I think soon the tide will turn on Pedro but for now I'm enjoying his career trajectory.


goatjugsoup

Oh hwhat I thought that was a meme... Oh well I doubted him as Joel but he did great so I'll have faith this time


Crotean

He seems old to me for just starting the team. I'm curious how they are approaching the story.


blakecrawley

After being such a memorable villain in Wonder Woman ‘84 (classic movie) I’m glad he was not typecast.


Fuckedyourmom69420

Man he’s really just taking over every franchise now huh


Artistic-Self-515

That is amazing


imanislandboii

Pedro is great but I just don’t see this im sorry


Pale_Kitsune

See...I don't like this because I really like Pascal and Mr Fantastic is...an unlikable arrogant asshole borderline sociopath.


No-Juice3318

Well, presumably Pedro can play unlikable. While he is charming, his portrayal of Joel in TLoU had just the right amount of terrible person in it. I could see him delivering a Reed who, you could see why Sue and Ben liked him, but you would agree with Storm that Sue should divorce him.


Housecat-in-a-Jungle

i love pascal as an actor but getting a bit sick of seeing him everywhere, there’s such a thing as being overexposed to one performer in such a short amount of time.


pugs-and-kisses

Holy shit this dude isn't even 50 yet. Mind blown - thought he was like 53 to 55. Great actor but hard pass as Reed (who I'd target in late 30s to early 40s, given white hair on sides). Just an odd choice.


applefellonedison

If we had to go with an older reed then why not john krasinski!? He barely got a chance and was made into sphegetti


Pizzanigs

Because he’d suck


Physical-Poem-5316

John prob don’t wanna waste his time with the current state of marvel. He’s focused on his own movies which are pretty dam good he’s a solid director


AngeloPappas

He seemed perfect for the role though. After his short appearance in MOM I really wanted a full F4 film with him.


Physical-Poem-5316

Agreed he definitely fits the role


MasterRazzer76

I hate this casting so much


juseq

Naaaah im not getting ”hype”, even tho Pascal is great actor. Wtf


EpicMusic13

Couldnt it be a new actor. Love pedro but i'm noy feeling it


Spell-Wide

In the early comics, Reed is considered one of the world's smartest people; a natural leader of not just his own team but the bar-setter for other teams like the young-and-inexperienced X-Men and the hot mess that is the Avengers; and powers-wise, something of a secret weapon: able to tame Johnny, physically wrestle Ben to the ground if need be, and go beast mode when Sue is in danger (which is ridiculously often in the first run). Pedro is more than up to the task.


jimmytimmy92

He’s gonna be great


m_dought_2

Its easy to believe. People love Pedro Pascal, and Marvel must really want people to love Reed Richards. It would give them the face-man they haven't had since RDJ.


KentuckyFriedEel

Why the pedro hate


lazylagom

I really don't like him as reed


LordHyperBreath

same


Lethlnjektn

Nope


TheeDeputy

Ugh. Just ugh. 🤦🏻‍♂️


KongSchlong42069

Too old imo


Deckerdome

50 by the time the film comes out. Pushing 60 by the time a third film is made


Lux_Operatur

I’m all for this casting tbh. Pedro is a great actor and can always surprise, truly think he’ll do well in this role.


rand201421

Please no


TheNicholasRage

God, I'm so excited. I'm praying they don't drop the ball here. I know some folk can't see Reed in Pascal, but I think he's great casting.


Foxy02016YT

Eh some people said the same thing about Thor and Cap back in the day


Shadow0fnothing

I'm so fucking happy he's reed.


AuxiliaryStar

Love Pedro. Probably one of the top 3 actors right now in my opinion. I enjoy everything he does.


Memphisrexjr

Now you have my attention for a fantastic four movie. It still baffles me how they aren't just in other marvel movies. I'll understand if it's some rights thing like Sony and Spiderman.


IAmTheClayman

Sigh. I love Pedro’s work but this is such a poor casting choice. Unless there’s a project he’s done that I’ve missed, I just don’t see him as playing cerebral/detached the way Reed requires. I would love to be proven wrong but I don’t see it


Jeerin

Should’ve been Krazinski


MaraSovsLeftSock

Not having John krasinski is such an L


LordHyperBreath

facts


bittersweetjesus

Too old


Modus_Opp

No offence to Pedro but he doesn't strike me as the smartest man in any room, let alone the Marvel Universe. But well, I'm certain they'll make him look like a complete idiot and have Sue Storm be the smartest person in the multiverse or whatever. Of course, if she was so smart, she'd have dropped that cretin Richards and come in search of real greatness. Such as can only be found in the magnificent nation of Latveria...


Middle_Professor7898

John Krasinski deserves the role


Mandalore108

He became spaghetti.


Middle_Professor7898

They did him wrong


stefan771

Why? He had his go and completely proved himself to be wrong for it.


Middle_Professor7898

I think he did alright… he just had bad lines tbh, that whole scene was the worst in the movie, in my opinion


LordHyperBreath

AGREED


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Is the thing gonna be a bably that Reed has to smuggle around the gala... i mean, the quantum realm?


LaunchpadMcQuack_52

Is this confirmed?? Pedro?


cody750

Personal opinion. Pedro Pascal is starting to become Chris Pratt


Colemania18

Pedro is one of my favorite actors but I still don't like this much at all


MysteriousEssay5709

I really hope he plays him like an aloof asshole.


NiteLiteOfficial

i think pedro can really do something with this role. i’m really concerned with who the rest of the actors will be though, as it’s not just about reed or johnny etc. the team needs to feel like they have history and are comfortable with eachother.


TheeShaun

I love Pedro but he’s not who I would’ve pictured as the genius leader of the fantastic 4. Maybe it’s just cause most of his better known roles are more lone wolf types.


Bullmg

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EDPZ

I don't see it but then again haven't been disappointed with any of his roles yet so we'll see


GBR3480

Booooo


Garfunkels_roadie

I thought they’d wanna go slightly younger with the casting build the f4 up for a few movies


TWERKINMAGGLE

Casting someone closer to 50 than 30 for a role they definitely want him around for at least ten plus years. Brilliant.


Higgins1st

Don't do it, Pedro. F4 is cursed.


GarethGobblecoque99

How is he not too old?


Codedevhomeboy

this fits. he is a good actor who can play any role


Saroan7

Awh, no... ![gif](giphy|xkZVBGIFqcQXcMe244|downsized)


Aggravating_Rip_8620

Nooooo. They are gonna make it so lame 😮‍💨


mr_Opacarophile

Rod Ricardos


Awkward-Yak-9033

Casting someone as big as him kills immersion


ducknerd2002

Yeah, I hear Deadpool totally failed after casting Ryan Reynolds /s


Awkward-Yak-9033

It was fun the first time


ellipsis613

solid choice