Marvel has been pretty sparing with their reveals for Fantastic Four, but production is already ongoing and some set videos have been making their way online.
Just in, a set video has given a look at Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Ben Grimm a.k.a. The Thing in full costume. Check this out:
🎥 | New look at The Thing on the set of ‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS’ pic.twitter.com/Zz2q8sQt4D
— Fantastic Four Updates (@F4Update) August 28, 2024
First look at Ben Grimm/The Thing on the set of ‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS’ pic.twitter.com/HoyVZQiQSj
— Marvel Updates (@marvel_updat3s) August 28, 2024
While some think that this would be a practical suit that will be used in the film like the 2005 Fantastic Four movies, this is actually more of a visual reference which would be used by VFX artists to figure out how to properly color the CG model when they add it to the frame.
It would also help the actors that are actually on set to know just what they’re looking at and what will be opposite them in the final product.
Admittedly, there are some fans (myself included) that would have loved a practical Thing suit. I especially love how they pulled it off in the 2000s films. But it was a very complicated process, and actor Michael Chiklis was said to have spent hours just putting the costume on; plus they would have to find ways to cool his body off because the suit doesn’t allow for much ventilation.
Hopefully with CG, we’re going to get a more comic-accurate Thing that will allow for a more subtle performance from Moss-Bachrach. We’re just going to have to wait and see till Marvel gives us our first official look.
Watch out for The Fantastic Four: First Steps when it hits theatres on July 25, 2025.
