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Created: 2025-07-16 18:23:00 UTC

#FantasticFour director Matt Shakman says Reed Richards was the most challenging role to cast.

“He goes from being the nerdy scientist who’s locked away in the lab, to the husband and the father who’d do anything to protect his family, to the guy who’s leading the Avengers. I realized that the version we were building had to have all of those elements.”


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