After almost seventeen years after the conception of the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline of flicks, fans finally got The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the first MCU movie featuring Marvel’s First Family. While the 2025 movie release has been getting good reviews, it’s hard not to feel a bit let down about some elements we didn’t see in the film. For example, John Malkovich was teased in the trailer but didn’t make it to the final cut. The movie's director is now opening up about how “heartbreaking” it was to remove the legendary actor from the final cut.
The impressive cast of Fantastic Four originally included John Malkovich, who was tapped for a secret role that turned out to be the supervillain Red Ghost. During a recent press event in Los Angeles, director Matt Shakman shared with Elite Daily that juggling all the different elements in this new Marvel movie was quite the challenge. Shakman talked about how tricky it was to keep everything managed with so much going on, saying:
