Fans of Lucifer Know Tom Ellis as the charming and diabolical Lord of Hell, but the actor recently revealed that he auditioned for the role of Reed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic, in the Marvel Studios film Fantastic Four: First Steps.
When Marvel began casting for his The Fantastic Four reboot, a ton of big names would be tested for the lead roles. For Reed Richards, names like Matt Smith, Adam DriverAND Dev Patel they were among the main contenders. As it turns out, Ellis was also in the running.
Speaking to Square Mile, Ellis shared: “There was a select group of people who were asked to record for Reed Richards. I was waiting for the right thing to come along, in terms of timing and character. And I remember looking at the picture of Richards in the comics and thinking, ‘This could be the one.’ We look quite similar.”
He sent in his audition tape, but eventually found out Pedro Pasqualeknown for The Mandalorian and The Last of Us, he had been cast as the leader of Marvel’s First Family.
Ellis joked: “I want to be honest, it’s not much. It’s great, though. It’s great. I can’t wait to see it. The trailer looks pretty fun.”
When asked how it felt to lose such a high-profile role, Ellis offered a grounded perspective. “I understand that to a certain extent, even though I really enjoy doing this job. But it’s what we live for. We live for what if.”
He went on to reflect on the creative spirit that drives actors: “We’re all in this industry because we all dreamed of doing it one day. I think we’re all still dreamers, and people who say they’re not are either too cynical or shouldn’t be doing this anymore.”
As for Pascal, his performance as Reed Richards was widely praised, marking another victory for the ever-busy actor. Reflecting on his journey through huge franchises like game of Thrones, Star WarsAND The last of usPascal said previously:
“Every time you go into one of them, and you feel like this can’t get any scarier, you find out, oh, this is scarier. Going into Game of Thrones, going into DC, going into Star Wars, and then the whole world of games that just kind of presented itself as an atomic bomb to me. And in the best way, because I learned very, very quickly the incredible medium of storytelling that’s happening inside of games.”
He added: “Then the kind of crown, the top of the mountain feels like walking into something like that. 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 Fantastic Four tale – under, you know, basically the best in the business. It holds you and really, really can be the perfect antidote to fear and pressure and things like that. Wrap yourself around that.”
Even though Ellis wasn’t able to capitalize on his talents as Mister Fantastic this time around, perhaps one day he’ll be cast in a role that brings him into the MCU.
Fantastic Four: First Steps is now available on digital, 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD, with a Disney+ release expected soon.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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