Fantastic Four Set Report Part 1 - Fan Four 2 and Screenwriter Don Payne! Written by Stephanie Sanchez Tuesday, 22 May 2007 Fantastic Four was released by 20th Century Fox in 2005 starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis as the fantastic superhuman family. The superhero flick had accrued a box office take of over $330 million worldwide by the end of its run. Children and families everywhere certainly enjoyed the wild ride! Fast forward two years and the Fan Four are back and ready to tangle with an all new villain, the Silver Surfer, plus the return of Dr. Doom! The IESB was invited to the set of the film up in snow covered Vancouver at the end of last year along with several other outlets. First, we were treated to a sit down with screenplay writer Don Payne, new to the franchise, during lunch. An avid Marvel fan since pretty much birth, Payne says, “it’s kind of been my career path, my career goal, to work on a Marvel comics film.” A Simpsons writing alum, Payne brings a fresh new look to the Fantastic Four family and is excited about the film. When given his assignment there were a few things in place for him to incorporate, “they knew they wanted to use Silver Surfer, they knew they wanted to use Dr. Doom and they had some ideas of where they wanted the characters to be at this point in their lives…so I basically just took that and went with it. There are little surprises in there that I don’t want to spoil that they had a couple ideas for so…” And where do we find our favorite superhuman family now? Payne says, “well, Reed and Sue are engaged and plan to get married. Ben is at a pretty good place right now because of his relationship with Alicia, he’s more confident in his own skin. And Johnny is Johnny, he’s got his own issues, I don’t want to spoil or go into but…” Comic fans will be happy to know that Payne went back to the comics as source material to research, mainly Fantastic Four 48-50 and 57-60 as well as some moments from Ultimate Extension. Plus, he threw in some original ideas of his own. But he is aware of the comics history and the difficulty when trying to reconcile everyone’s input plus existing history and still trying to make it entertaining to the average moviegoer. When confronted with the problems from the first film Payne admits, “it’s easy to be the Monday morning quarterback to see what went right and what went wrong and what you would want to change. I felt one thing I really wanted to do in this was to make Reed Richards more of a leader, I’ve been quoted saying this before so it’s no big scoop but I thought as the leader of the Fantastic Four, I thought Ioan did a great job but I thought the character could be a little tougher, a little more assertive, especially when he’s dealing with such strong personalities. He’s got to reign them in and be an authority figure. What else? I wanted to make Dr. Doom more evil and more like he is in the comics. To push him away a little bit from the corrupted billionaire into someone a little more threatening and intimidating, that’s certainly something I wanted to do.” With the sequel, a new character, although not new to the comic book fans, has been introduced into the mix. Silver Surfer is the herald sent before the coming of Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds. Payne related original co-creator Jack Kirby’s idea that the Surfer is a fallen angel. Payne thinks Silver Surfer is, “one of the most complicated characters in comic book history, maybe the most complicated. He has done this amazing selfless act by saving his own planet and giving up the woman he loves to save her life and yet he’s become part of this horrible genocide on a cosmic scale and there’s a moral ambiguity there, he’s a noble creature who’s got a Zen-like detachment from his actions and ultimately starts to become human again, although he’s not human.” Surfer’s backstory is touched upon in the sequel but Payne feels it could be, “more fully explored in a Silver Surfer movie.” Payne describes him as, “for a lot of the film a mysterious force with incredible power and the Fantastic Four are trying to understand what he is and what his presence on the planet means.” The Fantasicar is a major element added to the Fantastic Four’s arsenal of goodies. Throughout the years it has taken on many forms but mostly resembled a flying bathtub. Payne says although he loves the flying bathtub, “this is not going to be a flying bathtub though. Theydon’t have it at the onset of the story. I’ll say that.” Regarding the future of this fantastic world, Payne says, “the door is open for a Silver Surfer spin-off and the franchise lends itself to a third film…There are questions left unanswered that I think could be explored in future films but it is self-contained, it’s not Pirates of the Caribbean 2 or Empire Strikes Back, it’s not that open-ended.” A self-professed “geek who hates spoilers” Payne was using his time in Vancouver to also visit the set of Battlestar Galactica, which is shooting at the same studio as Fan Four 2. “I guess they’re filming the season finale, so I’m conflicted, I want to see it but I don’t want to see it. I’ll be staggering around into a cylon or something.” Payne also challenges Simpsons fanatics to find the one reference to an old Simpsons joke he put into the film, he’s the only one that knows! With that, we braved the bitter cold and headed to Vancouver Film Studios to check out the Fantasticar and chat with the cast from the film! Fantastic Four Set Report Part 2 - The Cast of Fantasic Four On Set! Written by Stephanie Sanchez Tuesday, 22 May 2007 The set of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was nestled up in the icy cold regions of Vancouver late last year. The IESB, along with other outlets, were invited to visit and meet with the cast of the sequel for a chat. Julian McMahon, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evan and Michael Chiklis came by to sit and talk about their second outing as the fantastic family. Sitting in front of very large green screen and the Fantasticar, the cast fielded questions regarding everything from Doom's new more "evil" intentions to their new cast member, the Silver Surfer. Check out what they had to say below! IESB: If you could tell us about the new and improved Dr. Doom and how much fun was it being more evil this time? JM: I think it’s just part of my personality and you know after doing the movie the first time I just became a bit of an asshole. (laughter) I portrayed that in the evilness of this character. No, he’s just a little more evil because he’s coming back for revenge I think and then we have the new suit which is pretty kind of extraordinary, I just wore it for the first time last week, it looks amazing. I can’t tell you too much about it but it’s very evil. But, at the same time it’s not that evil. I always pictured this movie as kind of a kid’s movie so you don’t want to be that evil that the little kiddies can’t be watching you but it’s been fun. I haven’t been here the whole time like these guys have, I’ve been…in and out because I have been shooting my TV show at the same time so I haven’t been as immersed in it this time and I was last time around but it’s been good fun and it’s been evil. Q: Can I ask each of the cast members to briefly talk about what’s new or what’s different for your characters this time around? Chris Evans: I think everyone has a pretty good arc, they make sure everyone has a journey and I think Johnny, in the first one, I think Johnny was kind of a one man show and wanted center stage and I think the reason Fantastic Four have always succeeded as a group of superheroes and as a comic book is that their a family, their a unit, a group, and I think Johnny has to know and respect that and in this movie he learns to appreciate the relationships around him. Jessica Alba: I have longer hair (laughter), kidding. We are much more mature in our character as superheroes and so this is definitely a product of that, this movie. We’re all very much a family, we all live together. We are getting married, that’s sort of centerpiece for my character in this movie, it’s all about the wedding. She’s sort of Bridezilla, in the best way, she’s stressed, it has nothing to do with you Julian, I’m sorry. Ioan Gruffudd: Yes, finally Reed Richard has taken center stage, and about time too really. (laughter) No, yes he’s come to the forefront and is much more comfortable with his role as the leader and as the father figure really of the family and I’m delighted about that. He’s a much more interesting character to play compared to the first one where he was a little bit more sort of nerdy or dork-ish. This time I’m stepping up to the plate and becoming the leader. And of course our relationship, between Sue and I, is much more intimate, more real, and more 3 dimensional. It’s developed and evolved. An interesting point that Jessica brought up about being more comfortable being superheroes it’s kind of like where we are actors and people watch our work and we are like commodities and the Fantastic Four appreciate themselves to be commodities and are able to sell themselves as commodities as well as being superheroes, that’s an interesting aspect. Michael Chiklis: So far as The Thing is concerned, he’s taken another step in his relationship with Alicia in this picture. He’s the lovable curmudgeon and if Reed Richards is the leader and the brain of this outfit, I think that Ben Grim would be the heart. He’s a lovable curmudgeon. He’s much more, he’s come to grips much more with his malady of being a superhero and he’s also a lot of the conscience and strength of the group. As a compliment to everybody else’s function I’ve always thought, like Chris said, the four separately are pretty fantastic but together they’re, obviously, they are much more powerful as a group. Q: This question is for Michael, I’ve heard that your suit is actually lighter this time around, there have been some changes to your suit, can you talk about what improvements we can expect for The Thing this time around? Chiklis: Yeah, the first film, I talked a lot about, ad nauseam actually, to the point where I couldn’t stand hearing my own voice about it, where it was a pretty uncomfortable situation, and it was a main concern for me coming into this one that it not be the same because it was very experimental and there was really enough time to look into it. The last one didn’t have a zipper. I mean a pant zipper. So, it just made it into a 45-minute ordeal for me to urinate, frankly, sorry. Yeah, that’s lovely. So there were things, the heat, the heaviness, although the hero suit itself isn’t much improved, meaning, when I am dressed in the Fantastic Four garb, that you really can’t fake because he’s bare chested and that one, fortunately, I’m in only about 25% of the movie. But, in the rest of the movie, and it quite really cute I think when you see him in the tuxedo, for instance, so when I am dressed in wardrobe we’ve been able to use a much more lightweight material that breathes and just creates the appearance of bulk without the intense discomfort. It’s able to come off and on very, very quickly, so this has been a markedly more comfortable experience and much more healthful frankly. Q: What does this film mean to you, beyond the paycheck etc? Julian McMahon: I was a big fan of the comic book and the cartoons so to play Dr. Doom, I used to think Dr. Doom was the most evil guy on the planet until Darth Vader came along and I thought Darth Vader was, and then they were sort of one in the same and so to be able to play that character and to play in that genre, it’s the superhero genre, I mean it’s ridiculous, it’s fun! As an actor, particularly playing the evil guy, you get to do silly fun stuff. Chiklis: It’s really about good vanquishing evil and about a dysfunctional family; people relate to it because people have their own dysfunction in their own family, you’d be hard pressed to find one without dysfunction. Julian McMahon: It’s a comic book, you know what I mean. Chiklis: Yeah, it is so it is fun. Chris Evans: I agree, I think this was a great opportunity to play a superhero; it’s every little boy’s dream so in that regard it was a great character to land. But, any film that’s this big and this exposed it’s good to get your face out there and have meetings like this…sorry man . It’s just a good opportunity, it enables future work to prolong any type of career that I might be able to have. Jessica Alba: That you might be able to have? God forbid, because you just have nothing going for you. (laughter) He’s actually a really good actor in case you guys were wondering. For me, I think just being a part of a comic book movie that appeals to family is kind of a big deal. And to be able to play a female character that is so strong and so dominant and doesn’t use her sex appeal to get ahead. She’s not a villain, she’s not nasty, she’s quite a noble character to play and that’s great, I think it’s a great female icon. Ioan Gruffudd: Personally, it’s seeing myself, the image of myself, watching these sorts of films as a kid. It literally is a dream come true to play a heroic part and to play a superhero is a little extra bonus I think. So, it’s just to see a childhood dream come true. Q: A question for Ioan, what’s it like being a British actor in a big Hollywood movie and not being the villain? Ioan Gruffudd: (laughter) Well, I’m delighted to break that tradition, really, having a Brit or a person who isn’t American playing the bad part. I am very proud of the fact that I immersed myself into a 100% American character. That was a major desire of mine as an actor moving to Hollywood, to be believable as an American. I didn’t want any attention brought to me, the fact that I was a British actor, I am an actor period. I am very proud to have this opportunity. And I’m Welsh. Julian McMahon: Does that mean I haven’t broken any molds, is that what you are trying to say about that? (laughter) Ioan Gruffudd: (laughing) No, I was trying to say that in the nicest possible way. Julian McMahon: No, that’s cool, I’m cool with that. I’m just your standard run of the mill whack job who got this job because I came from another country. Ioan Gruffudd: You play an American on your show. Julian McMahon: Let’s not talk about my show, it’s got nothing to do with what we are doing here, I am very upset and angry with you. (laughter) Q: There isn’t an actor here to represent Silver Surfer, and since his name is in the title I would assume some of you have interactions with Silver Surfer, can you talk a bit about how that invisible actor works on set and how that’s played out. Julian McMahon: We can’t talk about the Silver Surfer but he does look really good. Q: What’s it like working without anyone there? Chris Evans: We got someone there, we got Doug Jones. Doug Jones wears the body suit, we can say that. That cat’s been out of the bag a while ago so if I wasn’t supposed to say that someone should have told me a long time ago. Ioan Gruffudd: He’s like Andy Serkis was to Gollum, he’s there for our off camera work and Doug is there for our off camera work so we have a physical presence there to work with. He has dialogue and it’s good to bounce off a real person rather than a tennis ball with an X on it. Julian McMahon: And sometimes, I’ve done some scenes where he’s not there, just a tennis ball. I like the tennis ball, I do, I like it when there are no other actors, no arguments you can do whatever you want. (laughter) Jessica Alba: You get to be the center of attention Julian. Julian McMahon: With all the fight scenes…you guys have no idea what I did. It was, one tennis ball here, one tennis ball there, that’s Ioan that little tennis ball down there, I’m gonna burn that one… Q: Has it gotten easier to work with effects the second time around? The visual effects. Michael Chiklis: I think we are all getting better at it. It’s moving more smoothly, there is more of that then there was in the first one, don’t you think? Ioan Gruffudd: Yes, there’s certainly more green screen this time ‘round and to be perfectly honest the preparation for that process is to get yourself a lot of DVDs and a lot of Playstation games because you’re going to spend a lot of time in your trailer, but that’s just the nature of green screen because it’s so precise, it’s such an art in that sense. It takes them so long to set it up for just one particular shot and then you come on to the set and you quite literally work for 2 or 3 takes which took about, maybe, 10 minutes and they worked for the last hour and a half, so my hat goes off to those guys that did the Star Wars movies totally against the green screen because at least we have the organic nature of working with sets and tangible things compared to just a green canvas. Julian McMahon: It’s also a different type of performance. Michael Chiklis: This isn’t exactly an actor’s piece; you know what I mean… Julian McMahon: Well, speak for yourself buddy, I’ve done some of my best work being evil. (laughter) Michael Chiklis: It requires skill as an actor absolutely, that’s not what I am saying, it’s just… Julian McMahon: I think it’s a different type of skill, working on green screen is a different type of work than in a house in a kitchen with other people. I think it’s very developmental, the way you start to look at things. You are looking at green screens, you are looking at tennis balls, you are looking at X marks, you have to create it all in your head. And like he said, take your hats off to these Star Wars guys, Han Solo was flying down with Chewbacca behind him and that’s pretty good effort…there’s an imagination that goes along with it that I think is very cool… Ioan Gruffudd: It heightens your concentration because you are searching for things that aren’t there. Somehow, weirdly, it gives you a real focus, because you have to focus on things that aren’t there, it really concentrates your mind and I think it’ll add to all these sequences when you see us so concentrated and so involved that we believe we are flying this car and being tossed around by Doom. If we don’t believe it, the audience won’t believe it. Q: For Michael, what kind of a challenge was it getting inside that thing in that suit? Michael Chiklis: …I have to say last week, I got to work with a 10 foot tall, 1600 lbs Kodiak bear and that’s one of the reasons I love this business because that’s not something you get to do in life, to stand in front of a predator six feet away like that, so, in spite of whatever discomfort I’ve had to go through it’s been quite exhilarating and thrilling sometimes and getting into the Fantasticar is just a matter of me…you know they made a huge bucket seat for me, I fit in there fine. So they’ve accommodated me however they could so to make it livable so it’s been fine. Q: This is a sequel, the first time around it’s an adventure, the second time around you’re trying to find a way to make it serious when a lot of it, from the outside a casual observer would say, this is fantastical or this is silly, how do you as an actor find the seriousness in the part, in a sequel like this? With all the visual effects or the comic book storylines… Michael Chiklis: In the first one, I had a much more serious storyline totally, I was a guy trapped in a body he didn’t want to be in and I had much more of a conflict that way, in this one it’s very light for me. It’s probably better for one of the other guys to answer that. Ioan Gruffudd: I think because there’s a practicality of it because we have done the first movie, we were setting up the story in the first movie there wasn’t much scope for adventure. We were explaining to everyone who we were and introducing ourselves. Now, we start the movie everybody knows who we are, we start the adventure almost immediately so in that sense it’s a massive step forward. So far as the acting, it’s pleasure to come back to a character you’ve played before, it’s a luxury, you don’t get to do that much unless you are in a show or a series and to do that on screen in a movie like this it’s a great feeling. It gives you confidence. I’ve evolved over the last two years and that will in turn feed and bleed into the character of Reed Richards. Jessica Alba: To be honest, as silly and big and comic book-ie and the CGI and everything is, we really play it for real with conviction and sincerity as anybody would be in those circumstances and it’s really, like he said, it’s been a two year gap and I’ve been able to do a few things as well and I think you just, where you’re growing as a person, as an actor, whatever, will definitely help you in doing the next movie and if we get to do a third one we’ll be even more evolved, hopefully, (laughter) as people and as actors. Chris Evans: I agree and I’ve never had the opportunity to work on a sequel. I’ve always been curious about even working on television playing a character and having the opportunity to see the way you portrayed it, they way it came to life and then refine your approach. This has been a great opportunity regardless of the genre. Whether you have a children’s movie or an action film or a deep thinking piece; it’s exciting to get back in the saddle, to try and adjust what you don’t think worked and make better what you think did. Regardless of whether the script was directed towards children or adults or was silly or whatever, I was excited to get back in the saddle. Michael Chiklis: I am regressing, I’m not evolving. (laughter) Julian McMahon: That’s our job to take it seriously, I mean I know it’s a kid’s movie and it’s a popcorn movie and all that kind of stuff but to make it that you have to take your job seriously and so if I’m in a situation where it’s funny then you have to make it funny. If I’m in a situation where it’s dramatic then you have to make it dramatic and dramatic can be funny sometimes and all that kind of stuff so it’s just like any other job. You take your script, you work with it any way you can and you work with your other actors and you work with your director and you come up with something that is hopefully plausible and hopefully something that sticks to the screen and everybody goes, “well I believe they’re in the moment at that moment in time.” Q: All of you have very specific powers; can you give us an idea if you do anything different this time around? Ioan Gruffudd: The powers are the same; they are limited in that sense, to our own individual powers. What’s interesting is the psychological aspect of it that we present you with the character of the Silver Surfer who is rather ambiguous. We are not sure whether he is good or evil so that’s more for the challenge this time for the characters. Of course there will be lots of fantastic special effects of myself stretching and catapulting objects and Sue protecting us in her invisible sphere and Johnny flying and chasing the Silver Surfer and all sorts and Ben scaring away bears. The interesting part is that psychological element, how do we work as a team against this other force coupled with Dr. Doom? So, the challenge is twice as much this time. Julian McMahon: We have to be pretty specific to the original comic in a way so it’s not like we can just come up with powers that weren’t already there so I think it’s just an enhancing of the storyline, an enhancing of the powers. I do come back and try to get more power, which I do get for a period of time and then at the end of the movie I kill them all…(laughter), I’m sorry, ah man my briefing…so they already are what they are and they can just be enhanced by certain things. The Silver Surfer, obviously everybody already knows about that and whatever so he comes in and throws things into the mix. I don’t know if you know the comic book very well, but the Silver Surfer has got some pretty extraordinary powers and it’s some to behold and something to reckon with if I get a hold of it and something different if they do. So it’s that kind of battle to a certain extent. Michael Chiklis: Well, Ioan really touched on it; the first piece was really an origin piece. We can jump right in now and the stakes are raised immediately, we’ve introduced another character the Silver Surfer, his powers are enhanced. Now we have a bigger challenge on our hands and we can jump right in, it’s better. Jessica Alba: I think the difference is, as far as our powers go, it’s just sort of integrated into our day to day life, so it may have been a big deal that Johnny can toast his own toast but now it isn’t, we don’t care anymore. Or if I turn things invisible, it’s like, “make it re-appear Sue.” “Yeah well, listen to me then.” It’s just a bit more integrated I guess. Chris Evans: Jess took my answer. It’s more of a practical approach to the powers, much more comfortable. The first movie we were clunking around figuring them out but now we’ve got it down. Q: You said that the script references celebrity in some way that it talks about celebrity and that the superheroes are now really famous, maybe Jessica, you could tell us your feelings on what the script says about celebrity, is it accurate? What has celebrity done for you, or done to you? Jessica Alba: I hate everyone now, I don’t know my family anymore and I just live in a cave, really. I only walk out when I am in full hair and make-up and ready to do press conferences, really. Ok, next? No, really, it shows that they still want to be human beings, they still want a regular family life and unfortunately when you are under a microscope everyone is very critical of your version of what that means so people are picking them apart and putting them on pedestals and lifting them up and tearing them down for newsworthy sound bites and they’re like, “we’re still human beings, we just want a family, we just want to be married.” Unfortunately they can’t because they are superheroes and they have to sacrifice their regular life for that, in turn, wanting to be an actor and losing your anonymity a bit but you only give, the press, it only means as much as you want to give them. If it really matters that much whether someone’s hair is messed up or not or whether you’re wearing the right boots for the season or whether you’re out partying too much, who cares? I think it really depends on how much weight you put on it. Ioan Gruffudd: Very eloquently put. I think also for Fantastic Four there was no choice in the matter for these guys. These powers were thrust upon them; there is a certain element of choice being an actor. You are going to be in the public eye and therefore you have to take on that responsibility. I think the Fantastic Four, as much as they’ve capitalized on their fame, they’re marketing themselves, there’s a certain amount of responsibility, you can’t have your cake and eat it, so that is actually brought up in the movie and it’s a very interesting subject. Fantastic Four Set Report Part 3 - Director Tim Story and the Future of Fan Four! Written by Stephanie Sanchez Tuesday, 22 May 2007 Since the set visit in early December, much has been revealed about the film including the addition of Lawrence Fishburne as the voice of the Silver Surfer. Plus, the appearance of Galactus has been highly speculated. Director Tim Story and shared his thoughts and ideas on the character of the Silver Surfer and his addition to the cast. Story says his biggest challenge when tackling the Surfer character was, “figuring out what the Silver Surfer was going to look like and, more importantly, what his powers actually…how they look, the definition of what the Surfer does in the comics has been pretty vague to a certain degree, you know a couple of things but you don’t know much. In bringing him to life it was to figure out, well, here we have a character who is all powerful we can kind of go wherever we want to go. He can pretty much control matter and when you give someone that kind of control, you can go wherever you want to go, so it’s really been figuring out his power and then bringing that to life.” Story promises the fans won’t be disappointed, “we do take advantage of the fact that he can change matter which allows him to have some really cool powers, you guys will see them in the action sequences. He does have a very powerful force, in the sense of, Johnny has a fireball that he can throw and the Surfer has a pretty powerful ‘powerblast’ as well. And of course flight and his relationship with his board…we’ve been able to do some really interesting things with his board.” There were a few changes from the first film, Story continued, sighting the complaints from fans regarding the size of Ben Grimm’s brow and more. “ wanted Ben Grimm’s brow bigger and bigger and bigger, and we had it rather large at some point and found that the biggest problem we ran into was we couldn’t light his eyes because anytime I lit a set, his eyes would be in shadow, and Chiklis, who was so amazing at being this character, the last thing you want to do is hide his eyes from everybody. So, we had to scale back the brow from what we were originally thinking we were going to go. There’s that and then they always wanted Doom to be more of a bad-ass. I’ve taken those ideas to heed. They wanted action. Action, action, action was the main point I got from most . I think we deliver on that 100%. Those were three of the top.” On his thoughts ahead to Fantastic Four 3 Story commented, “Yeah, I definitely have ideas, I mean, there are so many different characters. The ones that come to you immediately are Puppet Master, Mole Man, the Inhumans, the Skrulls any of those you know you immediately think of some of those guys and think what would be the coolest one? But, one of the things we always do with the new villain is, and I think this goes for any comic book movie, is the visuals and what would be the coolest thing to bring to screen and how. So, I definitely have a couple of storylines I’ve been swirling in my head that I have already talked to Avi and Kevin about so, we’ll see what happens!” Our time with Tim Story was followed with a sneak peek at some footage from the Reed/Sue wedding ceremony. Interrupted by a “Cosmic Radiation Surge,” the wedding is put on hold in order to deal with this new alien presence in their midst! Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is set to release on June 15th!
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Set Visit! Source: Paul Ens May 22, 2007 In November of 2006, ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype! got the chance to visit the Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer set in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We have divided our experience up into five parts, which you can read by using the links below! You can also view new photos from the film here! In the Tim Story-directed sequel, opening June 15, Marvel's first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their grea-*test*-('") challenge yet as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost. "Rise of the Silve Surfer" stars Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Gonzalo Menendez and features the voice of Laurence Fishburne as the Silver Surfer. The 5-Part Set Visit: The Writer -- Don Payne The Fantasticar The Actors The Production Room The Director -- Tim Story
Ioan Gruffudd: Very eloquently put. I think also for Fantastic Four there was no choice in the matter for these guys. These powers were thrust upon them; there is a certain element of choice being an actor. You are going to be in the public eye and therefore you have to take on that responsibility. I think the Fantastic Four, as much as they’ve capitalized on their fame, they’re marketing themselves, there’s a certain amount of responsibility, you can’t have your cake and eat it, so that is actually brought up in the movie and it’s a very interesting subject.Perhaps he should take some of his own advice.