Following The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ successful opening weekend, some of you who checked out the latest MCU movie might’ve decided to break out your Disney+ subscriptionto watch either or both of the Fantastic Four films from the noughties. Those movies starred Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans as Marvel's original superhero team, andEvans actually reprised Johnny Storm/The Human Torch last year for Deadpool & Wolverine. Gruffud, who played Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, shared how he reacted when he saw his old co-star flame on again.
This topic came up while Gruffud was reflecting on his time working on 2005’s Fantastic Four and 2007’s Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer's Ascent with Vulture, naturally timed with First Steps’ release on the 2025 movies schedule. When questioned about whether watching Chris Evans reprise his role as Johnny Storm brought him "joy and satisfaction", the actor responded with the following:
It warmed my heart to hear you recall the good times we shared. I genuinely enjoyed collaborating with him. I simply remember laughing with Chris every day on set, like a couple of excited kids. Seeing Chris revisit Johnny was a real pleasure, especially since it's such a legendary moment in the movie. I was roaring with laughter and completely thrilled by it; it's a wonderful tribute to Chris's portrayal of Johnny. Of course, he's adored as Captain America, but he's also much-loved as Johnny Storm.
Deadpool & Wolverine came out five years after Chris Evans made his last appearance as Steve Rogers/Captain America in Avengers: Endgame. Though Evans has insisted that he’s not playing Steve again despite rumors claiming the contrary for next year’s Avengers: Doomsday, he was persuaded to revisit Johnny Storm nearly two decades after his last appearance as the character. Sadly, his time with the character was short-lived, as his skin was ripped off by Cassandra Nova after Wade Wilson threw him under the bus for his foul-mouthed tirade against the bald baddie.
But hey, at least Evans got to make a brief, A profanity-laden comeback to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. and entertained so many people with it, including Ioan Gruffud. While the 2000s-era Fantastic Four movies weren’t exactly critical darlings, Gruffud nonetheless had a good time working with Evans on them, and feels that his depiction of Human Torch is just as important to the superhero movie landscape as his tenure as Captain America. Gruffud’s thoughts come shortly after Michael Chiklis, who played Ben Grimm/The Thing, shared a sweet message to the outpouring of love from Fantastic Four fans in the lead-up to First Steps arriving in theaters.
Although none of the 2000s Fantastic Four lineup, nor their counterparts from the 2015 reboot, will be present in Avengers: Doomsday, the latest incarnation of the team will appear in the upcoming Marvel movie. We'll also see some affection for the Fox era of superhero films, with Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Cumming, Kelsey Grammer and James Marsden all back in their X-Men roles, and Channing Tatum returning as Gambit after his unexpected cameo inDeadpool & Wolverine.
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