Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal: Marvel rotary work was “dangerously funny”

“The Fantastic Four: First Steps”, the next big film in the Marvel cinema universe, comes up with a whole series of new figures: the iconic Fantastic Four, Marvel hero from the very beginning, which celebrated their comic debut in the 1960s.

But Marvel’s so -called “first family” was not yet very lucky on the cinema screen. “Fantastic Four” from 2005 with Jessica Alba (44) and the later Captain America actor Chris Evans (44) in the leading roles did not affect a lot of love with fans. Likewise, the successor “Rise of the Silver Surfer” published two years later or the “Fantastic Four” with Miles Teller (38), Michael B. Jordan (38) and Kate Mara (42), which started in 2015. The latter movie was not even granted a sequel.

Now the Marvel Studios are trying to bring the iconic superhero family – Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm back onto the screen. But this time the origin of the comic series is honored in the 1960s. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” plays in another world of the Marvel universe, in alternative 1960s that are shaped by retrofuturistic inventions such as flying cars or helping, smart household robots. The Fantastic Four, led by Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby, 37), also created peace in the world – and thus ensured a truly progressive global society.

For the 37th entry in the so-called Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Marvel Studios was also able to win a veritable star ensemble. None other than “The Mandalorian”-, “The Last of Us”-and “Game of Thrones” star Pedro Pascal (50) embodies Mister Fantastic, the most intelligent person in the universe. His onscreen-wife Invisible Woman is played by Vanessa Kirby, known among others from the Netflix Royals series “The Crown” and the “Mission: Impossible” film series.

In an interview with the news agency Spot on News, the two stars of the next big Marvel film reveal how they approached their characters – and that the filming of laughter and dancing were shaped.

Vanessa Kirby: Sue was amazing in the 1960s – that is often forgotten. She was a working mother, superhero, part of a team. At that time it was revolutionary. I wanted to keep that because it inspired me – but not in a nostalgia costume. We don’t tell a story from the 60s. We tell a retro future.

Our earth is different: these four people are worldwide stars, united by an accident – and suddenly a symbol for something bigger. They have led the earth to global peace. That is why we had to imagine values beyond 2025, mixed with the down -to -earthness of the real 1960s on our earth – a challenge.

But for me it was still the same task as in the 1960s, namely this woman to make a mother, a wife, a loving family member and at the same time to make an incredible things with these crazy superpowers.

Kirby: It was dangerously funny. Really. Too much fun.

Pedro Pascal: That’s right. One of the most beautiful casts with which I have ever performed. I love everything I’ve ever done, I have already performed in pieces for just two actors, played with a doll or worked in a very large ensemble, but here I was able to work together with three of the most talented, most intelligent and funniest, I have to say that damned people. A gift.

Laugh and dance. We laughed a lot. And danced. These were the two things we did the most while filming. Maybe the two best things you can experience with others. There was a lot of that.

Pascal: Vanessa Kirby. Clearly. Everything started with her. The relationship with her – that was my compass. Her figure, marriage, the family: that was my thread. I didn’t want to tell a love story, but a marriage story. One that is in the center of a family.