Jamie Bell Reflects On Disastrous Fantastic Four 2015 Reboot
Fantastic Four star Jamie Bell has officially deemed the film a disaster when reflecting on his participation in the superhero reboot. The Fantastic Four, who debuted in Marvel Comics in 1961, are a foursome who get super powers when exposed to cosmic rays on an experimental mission into space: Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), who has the ability to stretch his form to incredible lengths, The Invisible Woman (Susan Storm), who can turn invisible and create force fields, The Human Torch (Johnny Storm) who has pyrokinesis and the ability to fly, and The Thing (Ben Grimm), who becomes a huge monstrous figure made of rocks. The first officially released adaptation of the comics came out in 2005 and starred Ioan Grouffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, and future Captain Americastar Chris Evans.
Just ten years after that film came out, and eight years after its sequel Rise of the Silver Surfer, Chronicle director Josh Trank helmed a brand new reboot of the property. This time, Whiplash star Miles Teller played Mister Fantastic, House of Cards actress Kate Mara played The Invisible Woman, Creed's Michael B. Jordan played The Human Torch, and Bell, who had previously starred in Billy Elliot as a young man, took on the role of The Thing. The film was a huge critical flop, winning three Razzies in a year when Fifty Shades of Grey was dominating the slate, and landing on Rotten Tomatoes with a rotten 9% critics' score and an 18% audience score. The film made $167 million worldwide, barely recouping its $120 million budget and guaranteeing that there would be no Fantastic Four sequel.
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