Fantastic Four
Ioan Gruffudd as Dr. Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic: Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), a scientific genius, can stretch,
twist and re-shape his body to inhuman proportions. Mr. Fantastic serves
as the father figure of the group, and is "appropriately pragmatic,
authoritative, and dull". Richards blames himself for the failed space
mission, particularly because of how the event transformed pilot Ben
Grimm.
Jessica Alba as Susan Storm / Invisible Woman: Invisible Woman (Susan Storm), Reed Richards' girlfriend (and eventual
wife) has the ability to bend and manipulate light to render herself and
others invisible. She later develops the ability to generate force
fields, which she uses for a variety of defensive and offensive effects.
Chris Evans as Johnny Storm / Human Torch: The Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Sue Storm's younger brother, possesses
the ability to control fire, allowing him to project fire from his body,
as well as the power to fly. This character was loosely based on a
Human Torch character published by Marvel's predecessor Timely Comics in
the 1940s, an android that could ignite itself. Lee said that when he
conceptualized the character, "I thought it was a shame that we didn't
have The Human Torch anymore, and this was a good chance to bring him
back". Unlike the teen sidekicks that preceded him, the Human Torch in
the early stories was "a typical adolescent – brash, rebellious, and
affectionately obnoxious".
Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm / The Thing: The Thing (Ben Grimm), Reed Richards' college roommate and best friend,
has been transformed into a monstrous, craggy humanoid with orange,
rock-like skin and super-strength. The Thing is often filled with anger,
self-loathing and self-pity over his new existence. He serves as "an
uncle figure, a longterm friend of the family with a gruff Brooklyn
manner, short temper, and caustic sense of humor". In the original
synopsis Lee gave to Kirby, The Thing was intended as "the heavy", but
over the years the character has become "the most lovable group member:
honest, direct and free of pretension".
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