The thing, also known as Ben Grimm in the Fantastic four: first stepsHe is a Brooklyn Dodgers fan instead of the Yankees, as described in comics.
That is what the film director, Matt Shakman, confirmed in an interview with Brandon Davis. He said he took the idea to the son of Jack Kirby, whose father co-created the quartet, to reflect the true spirit of the character.
Ben, in the comics, grew in a fictitious area, Yancy Street, which is a wink to the New York Lower East Side. But the Dodgers in the real world moved to Los Angeles in 1957.
However, the filmmaker said: “In this universe … the Dodgers do not go to Los Angeles in the comics, they made him a Yankees fan, and he didn’t sit well with me.”
In other news, Ioan Gruffudd, who played Richard Reeds in the original Fantastic four, I looked back in how a third installment was not made in his franchise.
“The mentality was that we were going to do three. I think the second film was equally successful as the first and equally pleasant for fans,” he told Vulture.
“I especially loved working with Doug Jones [as the Silver Surfer] In that film, he is just an excellent artist and an expert in the field of movement, “continued the 51 -year -old man.
“If you want to witness someone who gives life to a character physically, he is untouchable. So there was definitely that kind of impulse, and the plan was to make three films, but these decisions are out of my control,” Ioan concluded.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps He is playing in theaters.
