The stars of one of Marvel’s most maligned projects were asked about making a cameo in an upcoming reboot, and their answer may surprise you. While speaking withVariety,Kate MaraandJamie Bell, who play Sue Storm/Invisible Woman and Ben Grimm/The Thing in 2015’sFantastic Fourwere asked their thoughts on the upcoming MCU reboot and whether there was room for them to cameo in the film. While the early 2000sFantastic FourstarringIoan Gruffudd,Jessica Alba, andChris Evanswasn’t perfect, it by no means reached the lows of the 2015 version of Marvel’s First Family, which currently sits at a dismal 9% rating from critics and an 18% score from audiences onRotten Tomatoes. The stars are aware of the movie’s reception, which they poked fun at when asked about the “reboot”:
“It doesn’t feel like a reboot to me because to reboot something it had to have been something. Unfortunately, our film doesn’t exist in any particular canon.”
Certainly not optimistic words coming from Bell, but it’s always better to be realistic than to make excuses or cling to something that isn’t there. In addition to Mara and Bell, the 2015 version of theFantastic Fouralso starsMiles TellerandMichael B. Jordanas Reed Richards and Johnny Storm, two actors who have gone on to become tremendous Hollywood stars in the 2020s. Teller starred oppositeTom Cruisein one of the biggest movies of the last decade,Top Gun: Maverick, and Jordan went on to redeem himself with Marvel by playing Killmonger toChadwick Boseman’s Black Panther and even making a small cameo in the sequel,Wakanda Forever.
The 2015 ‘Fantastic Four’ Stars Shut the Door Firmly on an MCU Cameo
WithDeadpool & Wolverineright around the corner and already confirmed to bring back multiple characters from older franchises, the thoughts of actors reprising their roles is on everyone’s mind. Variety asked Mara and Bell the odds that their iterations of Sue Storm and Ben Grimm show up inMarvel Studios’Fantastic Fournext year, and they didn’t mince words when talking about how that crossover would go:
“Maybe we can attempt to enter through some multiverse door, but when they see us, they quickly close the door.”
While that seems like a appropriate stroke for a Deadpool movie, (let’s face it,Ryan Reynoldswould absolutely do something in that vein. He shot himself in the head as he was reading the Green Lantern script.), it would still be hilarious to seePedro PascalorVanessa Kirbyshut the door on the older version of the gang. Given the critical and general reception of the movie, it’s likely fans won’t be seeing Mara, Bell, Teller, or Jordan suit up as The Fantastic Four anytime soon, or ever.
The MCU reboot ofThe Fantastic Fourarrives in theaters on June 28, 2025. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates and coverage and streamFantastic Four(2015) onMax(or don’t, you’ll be fine either way).
Fantastic Four
Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
