The Ben Grimms have finally crossed paths. Michael Chiklis, the gravel-voiced OG from the much-maligned 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four films, posted a warm meeting snap with Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who starred in the 2025 movie release Fantastic Four: First Steps, as the MCU’s Thing. It’s the kind of nerd-history handshake that instantly lights up the imagination and, now, I need to see them appear together in an Avengers movie.
Michael Chiklis took to Instagram, posting a shot of himself and the Bear star arm-in-arm, both dressed to the nines. For the carousel below, the Shield star captioned it: “If it ain’t one Thing…it’s another! This was good. This made me happy. This was overdue.” Those sentiments definitely align with my feelings as well:
