Since the news broke that a Fantastic Four film was coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans have been placing their bets on who would portray Marvel's First Family as well as the team's central villain, Doctor Doom. Recently, an online sports betting platform listed popular casting choices for Fantastic Four along with their odds of landing the role.
Bovada released several charts featuring each main character from the Fantastic Four with a list of potential actors. The first character mentioned was Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic with names like The Good Place's William Jackson Harper and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Glenn Howerton making appearances on the list. However, at the top of the odds list was The Office's John Krasinski.
Another popular fan casting for the film is Krasinski's wife, Emily Blunt as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman. Notably, Blunt appeared at the top of the odds list for Sue Storm with other actors featured including Lily James, Samara Weaving and Jessica Chastain.
As for the King of Latveria, Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom, the odds were in favor of Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito to land the role. For the Johnny Storm/Human Torch, Hamilton's Anthony Ramos was the top name in a list that also included Zac Efron and Riz Ahmed. Lastly, Boardwalk Empire's Stephen Graham was the top choice for the Thing/Ben Grimm. Dean Norris, John Cena and Nathan Fillion also appeared as potential actors for the Thing.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced at Disney Investor Day that a Fantastic Four film would be coming to the MCU. The film is set to be helmed by Jon Watts, who previously directed both 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming and 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home. Currently, there is no word on an official cast or release date for the film.
Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four film will feature the popular team created by comic book legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The team first appeared in 1961's The Fantastic Four #1 and has gone on to spawn animated television shows, video games and more.
The upcoming MCU film won't feature the first live-action version of the Fantastic Four, as the team has starred in three live-action movies, including 2005's Fantastic Four, 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and 2015's Fantastic Four. All previous live-action Fantastic Four films were released through 20th Century Fox before the company was acquired by Disney.
Source: Odds Shark