Marvel: What happened to Ioan Gruffudd, the elastic man from Fantastic 4?

In the mid-2000s, when he played Reed Richards, the same elastic man, on the screen Fantastic 4 and Fantastic 4 and Silver Surfer, the British Ioan Gruffudd was at the height of popularity. In these two Marvel movies, where he stars alongside Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chikley, the actor no doubt rightly thinks he sees the door to a big Hollywood career opening up for him. Unfortunately, that won’t be the case…

Because after those two superhero adventures, Ioan Gruffudd (two ‘f’s and two ‘d’s) didn’t really prove it. Here we will tell you what happened to the actor, who was famous for the credits of Titanic, The Black Hawk Down, King Arthur and 102 Dalmatians.

After his time at Marvel, Ioan Gruffudd was approached to play the iconic role of James Bond, but Daniel Craig was ultimately preferred. Has the British run out of luck? Still, the rest is modest with appearances in Amazing Grace, The TV Set and The Secret of Moonacre.

In 2008, Ioan Gruffudd returned to the spotlight as British Prime Minister Tony Blair in W.: The Unlikely President, an Oliver Stone biopic dedicated to George W. Bush. But he struggles to really find his way to success, only showing himself in “An Unexpected Gift”, “Sanctum” or the comedy “How to Kill Your Boss?”.

We actually had to wait until 2014 to see Ioan the Gruffudd actually return. In fact, it was during this period that he landed the lead role in the fantasy-police series Forever, in which he played the forensic doctor… Immortal! The ABC show was very well received, but unfortunately for the actor, it was canceled after only one season.

In this forever that didn’t last long, Ioan Gruffudd stars in the romantic comedy How to Seduce a Friend. A film in which he responds Chris Evans, his former partner in the Fantastic Four, who became a major Marvel figure as Captain America. A cruel irony of history…

After starring alongside Dwayne Johnson in the disaster film San Andreas, Ioan Gruffudd found success again as a forensic pathologist on ABC’s Dr. Harrow. The show had three seasons, running from 2018-2021.

Ioan Gruffudd recently starred in The Girl and the Night, an adaptation of Guillaume Musso’s bestseller that didn’t exactly wow critics. Can someone who never recaptured the glory of the Fantastic 4 era? Light may come from Bad Boys 4, the Gruffudd has been announced in the cast of this new police adventure, led by the duo of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. It will be released in theaters next June.

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