Fantastic 4 2025: Oscar-winning actor will play the enemy of Marvel superheroes?

Fantastic Four’s horizon keeps getting brighter and brighter. After being delayed several times, the reboot now has a director (Matt Shakman, who excelled at WandaVision), a release date (July 23, 2025), and a cast that will include Pedro Pascal, Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby, and Joseph Queenie Sue and Johnny Storm. and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Ben Grimm, aka The Thing.

The talented Julia Garner will also be there, in the guise of the female version of the Silver Surfer, while Paul Walter Hauser has just joined the little gang in an undisclosed role. Even today, the big question remains: who will be the villain of the film? in every sense of the term.

If there was once a question of Galactus, so was the so-called “Eater of Worlds” (and Javier Bardem plays him), the balance today seems to go with Dr. Doom’s (or Fatalis in French) friend-turned-nemesis of the quartet, according to the latest rumors.

Having one obviously doesn’t preclude the other, but Scooper has confirmed today that a Doom translator will be chosen when filming begins, which is slated for August. And that three actors are in the running for the role.

(“Dr. Doom will be cast in the coming months to appear in Fantastic Four. Mads Mikkelsen, Cillian Murphy and Ben Affleck are in talks to play the character.”)

According to which source? We do not know. Perhaps his, as suggested by netizens dissing his comments in the comments. Of course, this is not the first time that the name of Cillian Murphy, who won the Oscar last March, has been mentioned on the Internet thanks to Oppenheimer. But this is more fan casting than real information.

As does Ben Affleck, who, moreover, may have had his share of superheroes since Daredevil and Batman. Finally, Mads Mikkelsen was announced during negotiations with Marvel last December, according to insider Daniel ‘RPK’ Richtman, who is not a model of credibility.

And nothing has changed since then, as the performers of the characters were revealed on February 14. Not to mention the fact that the Danish actor has already played bad guys in Doctor Strange, even if it’s just the Jokers detail. “many worlds” and “Options” It can easily be bypassed.

A major role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

So let’s hope it gets fixed as soon as possible, just to put an end to these baseless rumours. But casting choices can be more difficult (or strategic) than expected. After Jonathan Majors, who was convicted of domestic violence, was fired, Kevin Feige was faced with two options: replace him as Kang, or replace the MCU’s big bad.

For the second option, the name of Doctor Doom regularly sounds, especially since the character has a major role in the comic book Secret Wars, which will be the basis for the sixth film of the Avengers, which is scheduled for release on May 5, 2027.

His introduction in Fantastic 4 could set the stage for the future of the MCU, and his choice of interpreter will only be further explored.