Michael Chiklis defends his fantastic four films: “Many [Critics] I was wrong “

The mid -2000s Fantastic Four The films had their right dose of haters, but Michael Chiklis He is still proud of them. The actor, who played Ben Grimm Aka Thing in 2005 Fantastic Four and his sequel of 2007, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver SurferHe believes that critics have missed the mark when he was those films.

While both films were moderate box office shots, they have long brought the reputation of being disappointing adaptations. Now, with Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps By spreading a new interest, the younger fans are discovering (and in some cases, defending) previous filming.

Speaking with Collider, Chiklis looked back to his time with the franchise and rejected negativity.

“There were many people, I think, critically they were wrong. They really spread our films and were very underestimated considering that they were much loved by the public”.

He continued to say:

“It was one of those cases in which critics were not great for those films, but the audience was, and this still remains. I have always gone in a sense as” Okay, say what you mean, but people see it. ”

“And now all these years later, people are somehow grateful as, hey, these films are films suitable for families and fun, they had very well. They could be imperfect, but they are really good films.”

Chiklis is not wrong on the division. Fantastic Four holds a 28% score on rotting tomatoes, with Rise of the Silver Surfer 37%. However, both films have attracted solid numbers to the box office.

“We earned three quarters of $ 1 billion, those two films. So, you know, all those people can’t be completely out of your mind, do you know what I mean?”

Together, the two films collected $ 635.4 million all over the world. Even so, the 20th Century Fox never went on with a third episode. Instead, the team was on the bench until the disastrous of 2015 Fantastic Four Restart, which scraped only $ 167.9 million.

Lately, Ioan Gruffuddwho played Mr. Fantastic, reflected on that third missed chapter.

“The mentality was that we would make three, and I think the second film had equally successful as the first and equally fun for fans.

“I really liked working with Doug Jones [as the Silver Surfer] In that film, which is only an exceptional artist and expert in the field of movement. “

Gruffudd added:

“If you want to attend someone who gives life to a physically character, it is only untouchable. So there was certainly that type of momentum and the plan was to make three films, but these decisions are outside my control.”

Almost two decades have passed since the original Fantastic Four You hit the theaters and while the Restart of the MCU offers a new interpretation, the defense of the previous films of Chiklis shows that there is still a place in the hearts of fans for their adventures of superheroes for families and slightly in bad taste.

I actually revisited the first Fantastic Four (2005) Film for the first time for years and it has been better than I remembered!