Natasha Lyonne Shares Fantastic Four Filming Update, Addresses Her Mystery Role

Natasha Lyonne recently avowed that she’s already done filming The Fantastic Four: First Steps. This comes after Elizabeth Olsen professed that Lyonne didn’t need her MCU advice.

Lyonne brought this subject up in an interview with Entertainment Tonight (via X), conveying that she guessed she was looking forward to “[being] part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.” She went on to further note, “I think I’m not allowed to say anything [about who I’m portraying]. I’m old enough to know that the whole thing is a gift and gravy and rare and [I’m] taking it in stride.” Lyonne concluded that she’s “already finished Fantastic Four,” and she’s “in the middle of Poker Face.”

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Prior to this, The Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman asserted that there are no other heroes in the team’s reality, remarking, “The great thing about this is we’re building a new universe where there are no other heroes. It’s the Fantastic Four.” Shakman also touched upon where he’s pulling inspiration for the ’60s-set MCU reboot, avouching that it’s “a lot about the space race and about voyaging out there,” so First Steps is “partly to do with that idea about exploration.”

“I’m old enough to know that the whole thing is a gift and gravy and rare and [I’m] taking it in stride.”

He further avowed, “The comic was created in the early ’60s, really at the same time that the space race was starting, so it is infused with that idea of looking to the stars and dreaming of a future where we would be space travelers. And so I really wanted to take all of that great stuff from Apollo 11 and just imagine that instead of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, it was the Storms and Ben Grimm and Reed Richards heading off into space.”

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Putting the spotlight on The Fantastic Four: First Steps itself, Ben Grimm/The Thing actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach sang the praises of his co-stars in September, affirming at the time, “I love them. We’ve been working so hard together. We’re so close, so even going away for a second I get a little separation anxiety.” Ironically, Bachrach delved into why he didn’t read Fantastic Four comics as a kid in June. Tying into that, Bachrach admitted to not watching the previous adaptations in July.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Is a Character-Driven Story

Besides these bits of news, Marvel Studios President and CCO Kevin Feige touched upon what’s important for the Fantastic Four reboot, professing that it’s “all about the characters.” Before this, Feige hinted that The Fantastic Four: First Stepswon’t retell the FF’s origin. Additionally, a rumor claims that Norrin Radd’s Silver Surfer will still appear in it despite Julia Garner’s casting.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in theaters on July 25, 2025.

Source: Entertainment Tonight

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Director

Matt Shakman

Release Date

July 25, 2025

Cast

Pedro Pascal , Vanessa Kirby , Ebon Moss-Bachrach , Joseph Quinn

Writers

Josh Friedman , Jeff Kaplan , Ian Springer

Studio(s)

Marvel Studios

Distributor(s)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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