Pedro Pascal becomes one of the most successful gay actors as he lands Fantastic Four for Marvel

Will he have a child in tow in this one too?

Now he will go even farther to the back of the closet.

And "Equalizer: 2."

Weird casting, but it was to be expected.

Is landing a Marvel role really that much of an achievement anymore? The franchise seems to be dying at this point.

This is true, the rumor mill is a lot of people turned down this role for it to get to him r5. Marvel definitely has lost its luster.

Meh. Marvel is on its way out.

I enjoy him and am happy to hear of his successes.

Weak and desperate for a paycheck. Isn’t he also a bit long in the tooth for Fantastic Four?

But does he have a GOLDEN GLOBE?!!

This is actually a huge casting deal because Pedro has so much clout with the genre community. Marvel should be grateful he agreed.

And yes it’s a hugely important step for GLBT actors for him to get such a big part - even if he’s not out-out as Whoopi would say.

[quote] And yes it’s a hugely important step for GLBT actors for him to get such a big part - even if he’s not out-out as Whoopi would say.

What is a "GLBT"?

Biggest glass closet in Hollywood.

I'm assuming the fact that he's Hispanic is extremely helpful in attracting Hispanic ticketbuyers.

I like Pascal a lot but he doesn't strike me as the worlds smartest man or an actor who can play the worlds smartest man. Seems like a

Vanessa Kirby is rumored to have landed the role of Susan Richards, The Invisible Woman. Good choice. She’s one of my favorite Marvel characters (her powers are awesome) and Jessica Alba and Kate Mara were NOT it.

Pedro Pascal lost major cool points with me when he couldn’t hold character on SNL. What type of thespian is he? The cunt needs to improve his craft.

Sorry, but it won't be long before we see him with a beard in order to be a "bankable" star.

[quote]Pedro Pascal lost major cool points with me when he couldn’t hold character on SNL. What type of thespian is he? The cunt needs to improve his craft.

He did the same when he randomly showed up for that COMMUNITY table read they did a couple years back. He was never on the show, but was there to read Chevy Chase's part and kept breaking character, which got annoying.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Adam Driver got offers first, but wanted too much money

Jamie Dornan and Christopher Abbott tested for the role but their tests went poorly

Aw, so sad. Five years too late.

Weird title being that he is not openly gay you dumbass

His looks have peaked.

He needs to go into his grizzled action hero grandfather era a la Liam Neeson, not play superheroes.

He looks like a 1970s pervy dad,

R24 Which is why gen x women love him so much- he reminds them of their first love.

OP- Tell that to the closeted FAG BOTTOM with the SCRAWNY ass - Ben Affleck.

Why isn’t Zendaya or Keke Palmer in the casting conversations?

Pretty silly and insulting to call this a positive step for LGBTQ casting when he is not openly gay. Um, no. Don't be silly.

Don't know what the big deal with this guy is. He only seems to be in video game and comic book movies. And he has a giant unattractive head. Marvel's cultural currency is in serious decline and F4 has been a cursed property when it comes to movies (they're not even that popular with comics readers anymore).

He isn’t even openly gay yet you’re acting like he’s breaking grounds? What a fucking retard OP is. It’s confirmed.

I'll never understand the fascination with this guy. I don't find him unattractive, but I don't find him "hot" at all.

Just like I never found George Clooney "hot," while everyone was swooning over him back in the day.

Clooney was at least handsome with a lot of charisma. This guy doesn’t have the latter at all.

R23 Grandfather? He's 48, not 78.

I like Pedro Pascal as an actor, but I don’t find him sexy at all. I saw a YT opinion vid earlier which mentioned that he might be a grizzled older Reed Richards with kids, which makes sense based on his popular paternal roles of the last few years. I hope they don’t tie it too strongly into the Multiverse garbage and show us Kransinski’s Reed (from MoM) again. On the other hand, I did like that Kransinski’s Reed used blue quantum energy likely developed after facing Kang, which would be cool to have here as well.

This is stupid casting. If they’re gonna cast a 48 year old to play Reed Richards they might as well cast the OGs from 2005. Ioan Gruffudd is 50.

The issue there is Chris Evans casting but still.

R34 But Pedro is hot right now. No one knows who Ioan Gruffudd is.

Lmao r35 casting the OG cast, everyone would know who he is because he played him already. He was Mr. Fantastic in 2005.

No one cares about Pascal.

How is he so popular at the moment if no one cares about him? Make it make sense

About 12 people total saw the 2005 FF so ....

He’s a 48 year old man who just hit it big. That’s why the media is pushing him. He will never be that big though because he’s already creeping toward 50.

R38 spoken like the illiterate, UNEDUCATED, JOBLESS retard you are.

Hi Alice

Everyone was laughing on The Community read but the only time he really lost it was interestingly when he reads how Chevy Chase left everyone his sperm in his will.

OP, you forgot his major thespian turn in, "Wonder Woman, 1984"

Career misstep too many tent pole projects.

He's a nice looking guy, but he's aged strangely, he bears almost no resemblance to the twink he was in the episode of Buffy he appeared in.

He's morphing into Burt Reynolds.

Too old for Reed, especially if they do the Franklin storyline.

WW '84 was a franchise-killer.

Official announcement

This is actually an excellent cast. I like how Reed and Johnny don’t look like male models and Kirby doesn’t look like babe of the week on Baywatch.

The ugly whiny guy from Girls is playing The Thing.

Another one of these movies?

Ebon Moss Bachrach is basically Armie Hammer but less goodlooking but much more talented

This is a solid cast. I’m actually excited about this now.

And a Latino lead? 🤯🤯🤯

I think this is a fine cast.

I hope they don't do an origin story for their power (they've done that twice now, and it sucks up too much time), and I hope if they have to have Doctor Doom as their villain (which seems as inevitable as having Luthor be the villain for Superman movies, sadly), I hope they get him to look like Stan Lee's and Jack Kirby's version rather than the stupid versions they've used before. He needs a medieval iron mask and a hooded cloak and an eastern European accent.

He was so unprofessional on SNL. Drunk cunt couldn’t stay in character.

I like that in the Instagram Marvel produced today announcing it, they include Herbie the Robot! I hope he's in the film.

He's going to need to lose a bunch of weight to fit in the suit they'll design, unless they CGI the hell out of him like they did Pratt in the last (Thank God!) Guardians.

Does he count as a "successful gay actor" since he has yet to come out of the closet publicly?

I do like him enormously, though.

[quote] He's a nice looking guy, but he's aged strangely, he bears almost no resemblance to the twink he was in the episode of Buffy he appeared in.

Hun, he was 23 then, and he's 48 now. You're surprised he no longer looks like a twink??

Adorable. His SNL hosting appearance was the best of several seasons. Loved it when he broke character. And let the orientation mystery play on. He is “available “ to all as a fantasy love interest. Good PR.

With that face he should be The Hulk.

Actually Reed has usual been portrayed as older than the other 3. The age doesn’t bother me. Now, if we were talking about Biden …

He's aging badly. Normally? Our perception is so screwed up in the age of fillers and filters. Hope the doesn't resort to weird plastic surgery.

If your awards show date is consistently your sister, you aren't really in the closet all that much.

All the Marvel films have been flopping the past two years. The public has moved on.

I don't know how Vanessa Kirby keeps getting cast in big movies. She's not a box-office draw at all.

I'm so excited to see how this new F4 movie will flop.

[quote] Meh. Marvel is on its way out.

Thank god!

This film might actually turn things around for Marvel, as long as it’s not too intertwined with the multiverse/Kang BS that’s turned fans off.

They’re already fucking up X-Men by muddying it up in the multiverse crap.

No one wants 55-year-old Hugh Jackman as Wolverine anymore. Her time has passed.

He is one ugly motherfucker.

I'm completely unfamiliar with the other three actors, but while Pedro might not have been my first choice for Reed Richards, I think he'll do fine. If the writing's there this could be a good FF movie. It certainly can't be worse than the last one.

It took them 3 times to get the Hulk right. Maybe this will be the Fantastic Third.

[quote] Jake Gyllenhaal and Adam Driver got offers first, but wanted too much money

Adam Driver would have been hilarious. They could not have made a plot point of Dr. Doom wearing a mask because his face was too deformed because it could never be uglier than Driver's.

[quote] If your awards show date is consistently your sister, you aren't really in the closet all that much.

You are if you could have brought your boyfriend instead.

Omar Apollo is such a hottie. Had no idea he and Pedro were.. buddies.

My daughter told me not to use “fags” as a descriptor, but that fag is a fag.

[quote] He was so unprofessional on SNL. Drunk cunt couldn’t stay in character.—BrickPollitt

You already posted this upthread months ago- when you were going by Teacake. So you can stop pretending you're not the same person.

He looks like a great bottom.

Both energetic and grateful.

R61 Broooo when I say some of you cunts are the illest and wittiest. lol spot on.

R76 well Im posting it again bitch. Fuck is the problem? What is the problem? Ion even ebeef no mo’ but you took me there.

Just calling you out for the lying, phony white man you are, you piece of shit.

He’s old and dull.

As is this franchise.

DADDY is a state of mind.

He reminds of this young man that works at Chipotle

His closet must have a sinkhole. He'll never be able to come escape.

I don't see the appeal at all.