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Perth Now
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- Perth Now
‘This is scarier!': Pedro Pascal gets candid about joining MCU with The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Pedro Pascal found it scary joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with The Fantastic Four: First Steps. After starring in other major franchises like Game of Thrones, Wonder Woman, The Last of Us and Star Wars through The Mandalorian, the 50-year-old actor is set to become a leading figure in the MCU as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, though Pascal has admitted doing so is quite the daunting task. Speaking with Collider, he said: "Each time you step into one, and you feel like this can't be scarier, you find out, 'Oh, this is scarier.' "Going into Game of Thrones, going into DC, going into Star Wars, and then the entire gaming world that introduced itself like an atom bomb to me. And in the best way, because I learned very, very quickly the incredible medium of storytelling that's happening within gaming." Even so, the Gladiator II actor added "anchoring" himself to his Fantastic Four co-stars Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach was the "perfect antidote to the fear and to the pressure" of joining such a major cinematic franchise like the MCU. He said: "The kind of crown, top of the mountain feels like stepping into something like this. That's why the lucky thing is to anchor yourself so completely to a partnership, to your colleagues, to the original kind of authorship of this particular telling of the Fantastic Four — under, you know, basically the best in the business. "It holds you and really, really can be the perfect antidote to the fear and to the pressure and stuff like that. You just wrap yourself around that." In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the titular team gain extraordinary powers after a cosmic accident during their exploration of outer space. As they grapple with their new identities, the Fantastic Four must unite to stop a rising threat that could destroy Earth. Pascal previously admitted playing Mr. Fantastic was "really intimidating" because he "really wants to make people happy" with The Fantastic Four: First Steps - which will be released in July. He explained to Entertainment Weekly: "It was really intimidating. I relied on the people that I was around to hold me to the experience and help get me through it. "Stepping into something like Game of Thrones and then going into the early days of Netflix with Narcos and then Star Wars and the world of video games with The Last of Us, each time I've felt like I couldn't top how intimidating the last one was. "They're all scary because you really want to make people happy, especially if it's something that's widely known with particular expectations around it because you want those expectations to be met. "You also want to be authentic to yourself so that it can be the best that it can be for anybody who wants to be entertained by a story and travel with us into this world."
Express Tribune
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
WATCH: 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' trailer drops – MCU's First Family battles the Silver Surfer
Marvel Studios has released the trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, introducing Marvel's First Family to the MCU. The new film features Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (The Thing). The cast also includes Ralph Ineson as Galactus, the planet-devouring villain, Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer, and supporting roles from Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne, and John Malkovich. The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the official MCU debut of the iconic superhero team, following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox and its assets, which included the rights to the X-Men franchise. The movie, set in an alternate, retro-futuristic 1960s Manhattan, introduces the First Family in a world where they appear to be the only superheroes so far. Unlike previous iterations of the team from 20th Century Fox, which featured Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis in the 2000s, and the ill-received 2015 reboot with Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell, this film is poised to be the start of a new era for the Fantastic Four in the MCU. The film will not feature other Marvel heroes unless multiverse elements come into play. The team's previous appearances in the MCU include John Krasinski's brief role as Mister Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Chris Evans' return as the Human Torch in Deadpool & Wolverine, both of which were brief and met violent ends. The Fantastic Four: First Steps is set to bring Marvel's First Family to the forefront of the MCU, with a fresh and unique take on their story on 25 July.
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Marvel Finally Just Confirmed The Official 'Avengers: Doomsday' Cast — & It's An Avengers & X-Men Showdown
Marvel has finally assembling its new Avengers. The studio enlisted the help of Robert Downey Jr. (and over a dozen empty chairs) to confirm the Avengers: Doomsday cast — and announce that the movie (coming May 1, 2026) is now in production. And it looks like there are more names to come! Keep reading for the full now. After making her debut in on July 25, 2025, we'll see Vanessa Kirby return as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman. Pedro Pascal stars in as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic. Joseph Quinn also joins the Avengers: Doomsday cast as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch. Ebon Moss-Bachrach stars as Ben Grimm/The Thing. Tom Hiddleton also returns as Loki! Chris Hemsworth stars as Thor, God of Thunder. After leading the charge in , Anthony Mackie returns as Sam Wilson/Captain America. And the Avengers: Doomsday cast also includes Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres/The Falcon. We'll see Florence Pugh return to the next Avengers movie as Yelena Belova after hits theaters May 2, 2025. Lewis Pullman stars as Bob/Sentry. Hannah John-Kamen also returns as Ava Starr/Ghost. Wyatt Russell stars as John Walker/U.S. Agent in Avengers: Doomsday. And Sebastian Stan is also making an appearance as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier. David Harbour stars as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian. We're FINALLY going to see Simu Liu as Shang-Chi again! Winston Duke returns to the MCU as M'Baku. Letitia Wright returns as Shuri/Black Panther. And we'll see Tenoch Huerta as Namor. The Avengers: Doomsday cast includes Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant Man. Channing Tatum joins the Avengers: Doomsday cast as Remy LeBeau/Gambit. Rebecca Romijn stars as Mystique from the original X-Men movies! James Marsden also reprises his role as Scott Summers/Cyclops. As does Patrick Stewart, who we'll see as Charles Xavier/Professor X. Alan Cumming returns as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler. Ian McKellen stars as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto. Kelsey Grammer stars as Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast. And of course, we'll see Robert Downey Jr. as Viktor Von Doom/Doctor Doom. Whew, what a cast list! Check Brit + Co for the latest news on and other Marvel projects, and follow us on for more!
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Marvel Rivals Midseason Starts Next Week: Start Time, New Heroes and More
Marvel Rivals, the new hero shooter based on Marvel comics characters, is almost halfway through its first full season. The free-to-play game launched season 0 on Dec. 6 and quickly reached 20 million players before starting its first full season in early January. Next week's midseason update will bring two new heroes, one new map and (thank Odin) will not feature a rank reset as originally announced. The second half of season 1 will start on Feb. 21, although the precise start time has yet to be announced. Season 1 began at 1 a.m. PT. Read more: Marvel Rivals: How to Choose Which Heroes and Roles to Play Season 1 brings the Fantastic Four -- Invisible Woman, Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch and The Thing -- to Marvel Rivals. They're a fitting addition to the game, given its premise that two Doctor Dooms from different timelines are warring for control. (It also helps build hype for the new Fantastic Four movie, First Steps, coming this July.) We've already gotten Invisible Woman in the strategist role and Mr. Fantastic as a duelist. The midseason patch will add The Thing as a vanguard and Johnny Storm as yet another duelist. A new map, Central Park, will be added in the midseason patch. So far in Season 1, we've gotten one new convoy map, Midtown, where players escort the Fantastic Four's robotic ally H.E.R.B.I.E. to Avengers tower. We also got an all-new arcade game mode, Doom Match, which takes place in Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum. The devs said this is twice what they have planned for future seasons, so it's probably safe to expect one new hero at the start of future seasons and another about six weeks later, with one or two new maps per season. That would mean eight new heroes per year, and four to eight new maps. That's an impressive amount of content for a live-service game. There have been many other Marvel Rivals leaks recently, including hero models or abilities for characters like Ultron, Emma Frost and Jean Grey. These all have yet to be confirmed and won't show up in season 1, but they do suggest a healthy content roadmap for the game, essential for keeping players engaged over the year. The season 1 pass features 10 new costumes, styled around the season's Eternal Night theme. The battle pass costs 990 lattice (about $10 worth of in-game currency). You can earn 600 lattice and 600 units (collectively, about $12 worth of in-game currency) if you complete the battle pass. So far, no balance changes have been announced for the midseason patch. Hawkeye and Hela received nerfs to start season 1, and Jeff's ultimate was also adjusted. Captain America, Cloak and Dagger, Storm, Venom and Wolverine, among others received buffs to their kits. The start of the season was accompanied by full patch notes detailing the changes, and the stats on the Rivals website were similarly updated with new balance numbers. The Rivals site will also update pick and win rate stats at midseason. Rivals devs confirmed in a blog post that "When the second half of the season begins, there will be no rank reset." This was a swift 180 from the initial announcement just a day earlier that they intended to drop everyone's ranks by four divisions, just six weeks after everyone's ranks dropped seven divisions at the start of the new season. The announcement was unpopular with players, who felt that resets every six to seven weeks added a level of futility to the ranked climb. Going forward, ranks will be reset six divisions at the start of a new season (approximately every 13 weeks). For more on Marvel Rivals, check out my tips for getting started and my guide to choosing which heroes and roles to play.
