John Malkovich says he didn’t know that much about Fantastic Four Before you register for a role in the upcoming reboot of the Marvel franchise.
“I’m sure I read it when I was little because I read series when I was a kid, but it was a long time ago,” the actor told me at the Los Angeles premiere of his new A24 horror thriller “Opus. “” Everything I really knew about it was that there had been a movie or two of it before. “
Malkovich’s role in the film, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”, is held under cover. Marvel -Fans has speculated that he might play Ivan Kragoff, a villain known as Red Ghost who is fighting against Fantastic Four in the series. Red Ghost is a Soviet researcher who replicates the team’s space accident and is given the ability to become intangible. He also creates a team of Super Apes that has similar powers as Fantastic Four.
A bearded Malkovich was briefly seen in a teaser trailer released for the film earlier this month. “It was a good experience. I liked the role. It was fun. It was interesting, “Malkovich said to film his MCU debut.
The film marks a reunion with its “cut bank” director Matt Shakman.
“Of course, it’s a very odd experience because nothing really is there except giant screens and 18 epic cranes,” Malkovich said. “It’s pretty strange that way, but it was fun. The cast was fun. We’ll see how it goes. “
The role includes Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, as well as Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne and Sarah Niles.
Malkovich has no idea whether he will be in more Marvel movies or not. “We’ll see. I really don’t know, ”he said. “I got a sweater from Matt a few weeks ago with a nice note, but I haven’t talked to him recently about how it goes. I’m pretty sure he’s deep at editing. “
Malkovich recently revealed in a Interview with GQ That he forwarded Marvel project earlier because the deal was not good enough for him to “hang from a crane in front of Green Screener for six months.”
“The Fantastic Four: The First Steps” opens in theaters July 25 from Disney and Marvel Studios.
In “Opus” Malkovich Alfred plays Moretti, a former pop star trying a comeback after 30 years of hiding from the public. Author and director Mark Anthony Green’s Ensemble also includes Ayo Edebiri, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Tony Hale, Amber Midthunder, Stephanie Suganami and Aspen Martinez.
Malkovich revealed that his singing and dance scenes did not formally choreographed. “We had a good movement trainer, and it had repeated patterns but did not choreographed,” he said. “Singing the songs was a really fantastic experience, something I would never have expected to do in my life, and there may be a good reason for that. My first instinct may have been the best. “
