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Chris,
you’re a pretty modest guy in life. What
was it like to become just the opposite
of that?
CE: You know
its fun. He’s more energetic than
anything else. He loves life. His
arrogance is just a byproduct of his
energy.
MC: It was
infectious to be around him. I was
supposed to be grumpy. But he put me in
a good mood.
How has it been for you all doing
this movie?
JA: Really, I think just from
the beginning, they had a release date.
And to make that date and to make the
movie as good as we can possibly make
it…was really I think the most difficult
part. And that all fell on Tim Story’s
shoulders. I think he just finished
editing 2 weeks ago. And, umm, he didn’t
get a lot of sleep. He created that
environment that was so much like a
family. I mean, we were really open, you
know. Like love each other and be a
family. And have ideas and be creative
within the confines of a time schedule.
MC:
We all knew there was a tremendous
amount of pressure to make this movie on
a timeline and we were obviously well
aware of the history of this franchise
and how many loved it and anticipated
it. We also knew that there would be a
lot of conjecture out there. And you
can’t really get preoccupied with that
because are talking without seeing,
without knowing.
JA:
Besides you can take your kids to see
this movie. You don’t need your
babysitter.
JM:
I’d take my kids and my babysitter.
JM:
You know I’ve got to be honest. Besides
on the first 2 weeks where I went
through 14 different accents, 7
different hairstyles and 18 different
suits…this movie I think has been an
extraordinary journey, I think for all
of us, but I can only speak for myself.
I’ve had so much support from the guys
at Fox and the guys at Marvel. And these
guys just mentioned that we had such a
wonderful atmosphere on the set because
of Tim. You know, the first couple of
weeks that we were shooting he was like
the nicest guy in the world. I thought
he was egging me on because I had never
worked with somebody like that before.
We developed on the set a real
camaraderie a real friendship and real
relationships. So you know when your
sitting here tonight and tonight’s the
kind of thing that we’ve been working on
so long and working so hard. It’s great
to see these guys and Tim and Avi in the
back. It’s a family movie that was made
by guys, who I feel like, are part of my
family. It’s very cool.
MC:
You know what was cool to me? Is that we
were able to look at each other and go,
where the Fantastic Four! This is so
cool.
JM:
I never did that.
JM:
I was just the loser on the outside
saying ‘there’s the Fantastic Four’.
Michael, you had the most elaborate
costume. What was that like to deal with
everyday? What was it like the first
time you saw yourself fully outfitted?
MC: So much has been said
about this costume and I don’t want to
feel like I’m the complainer of the
group, even though I am. It was
something that was very scary for me.
The first day to put it on it took us 5
½ hours. I mean, we got it down
eventually, just a little over 2 hours
by the end of the film. Everyday, it was
approximately 2 or 3 hours. It was a
very claustrophobic feeling, very scary
sensation for me at first. Then it
started to get into a fascinating sort
of actor exercise, where I’d have to
learn to manipulate the emotions of this
mask. It was interesting because Tim had
an experience with me where he thought I
might have been upset with him because
neutral my face was this…but with the
mask on it was this…I didn’t realize
this at first, that I could be
misconstrued. I’ve never been a mirror
actor where I had to sit and like do my
lines in the mirror. I never done that
in my life. But with this one I had to
actually spend sometime in the mirror
and go like ‘yeah.’ It’s sort of getting
to know another person. It’s a
fascinating experience. I mean, it is
difficult to have glue in your nose and
in your mouth. All over you everyday.
Tim did another thing that I love him
for because he knew what a difficult
time I was going through so he would
shoot from the outside, you know the
wide shots and he would work his way in
as the day went on. So, were inside the
feet and I’d get to take the feet off.
Cause the feet were like 12 ½ pounds
apiece. Relief was on the way as the day
went on. He did something really
incredible. About a month into shooting
he put together a couple of scenes and
he showed it to all of us so that we
would get a taste of what we were doing.
It got us psyched and it spurred us on
to continue. In a six month shoot or a
five month shoot you sort of can’t see
the forest through the trees at that
point. And when you get to see some
small assembly like that, it really got
us all excited and spurred us all
forward and that was genius.
And what about when you saw yourself?
MC: I was like wow. I was so
glad that we didn’t go to CGI with this.
I’m so glad that this is a living
breathing being that just comes off the
page. It was just very exciting for me.
Do you feel that if you continue to
play superheroes your in danger of being
type cast for the rest of your careers?
IG:
Well, I have been categorized as Horatio
Horn blower. So, I’m glad to have the
name Mr. Fantastic. It’s not such a bad
name to have, no?
MC:
Personally, I consider it a body of work
in my life. And also with me it would be
hard to typecast me as the orange rock
guy. I never had any fear of that.
JM:
I think you have to look at the positive
side of this thing. It’s a wonderful
opportunity to work with Fox studio.
I’ve worked in television for most of my
life. And I got a wonderful opportunity
to work in a movie. A very different
field. To work with Marvel, which is a
franchise that’s been bringing out
wonderful movies over the last 10 or 15
years; so you think about it opening
doors but never actually think about
closing doors. It’s just been an
extraordinary opportunity.
JA:
It’s so wonderful to like really get to
dive into a character and change. And
show different sides of my personality
in a very specific way.
JM:
Plus, she’s also in every other movie
coming out this summer.
MC:
We all have other parts of the puzzle
hear. And Chris, who’s already going to
explode. He’s doing another movie right
now. And I’m doing another movie right
now. You’ve just got to look at the
positive situation.
JA:
I mean, I knew Sue was going to get
married and have babies. So, hopefully
that’s what I’ll be doing soon. In 12
years.
Woooooooaaa!
JM: No. You can’t do that to
us. That’s not fair. It’s supposed to be
about the movie.
In terms of the sequel, what would
you all like to see different of your
characters?
MC: A zipper.
What would you
be interested in seeing the next go
around?
JA:
I’m interested in seeing how they really
deal with being superheroes. Their not
just like ordinary celebrities. People
want them to save the day and that’s
huge. That’s a lot of pressure. They
can’t hide behind the mask.
JM:
And I want to come back and kill them!
Ok. This is a fun question. If you
could have a special power, what would
it be and what would you do with it?
Jessica Alba:
To be honest with you. I’m
always late. So, I would need the
ability to stop time.
Julian McMahon:
I would like all the powers that these
guys possess and then crush…lol. I
always wanted to fly. I have to be
honest. That whole commercial travel
thing I just don’t like. You’d cut out
custom lines and check out baggage. All
that kind of stuff.
Michael Chiklis:
I’d guess I’d be obnoxious
man because that would be closest to my
personality.
Ioan Gruffudd:
I’d love a special power for patience.
Chris Evans:
I think I’d like to see in the future.
Michael Chiklis:
We’ve been waiting for this day for a
long time. So it’s kind of built up.
Jessica Alba:
Yeah. And we’re just loopy. We’ve been
doing so many of these interviews.
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