Despite The Fantastic Four’s impressive cast and the fact that Josh Trank is directing after the very well received Chronicle, it wouldn’t be at all unfair to call it one of the least anticipated comic book movies ever.
It doesn’t help that Fox have shown off nothing from the movie, leaving fans with only some very confusing information from the cast which makes the reboot sound very, very different from the source material. That never goes down well of course, and comments from Toby Kebbell will likely not help The Fantastic Four!
In the comic books, Doctor Doom is one of the Marvel Universe’s greatest villains; blaming Reed Richards for his scarred face after an experiment gone wrong in their college days, Victor Von Doom rules over the fictional Eastern European nation of Latveria with an iron fist and is evil to his very core.
However, British actor Toby Kebbell has now revealed just how different a take on Doom this version will be. “He’s Victor Domashev, not Victor Von Doom in our story. And I’m sure I’ll be sent to jail for telling you that. The Doom in ours—I’m a programmer. Very anti-social programmer. And on blogging sites I’m ‘Doom’.”
Leaked set photos earlier this year revealed that he will eventually suit up as Doctor Doom, but it’s believed that like in the Ultimate line of comic books, he’ll gain his powers at the same time as the Fantastic Four.
As you can see in another interview below, Kebbell is a fan and very passionate about the role, but whether or not fans can forgive such drastic changes to the Fantastic Four comics remains to be seen! There’s nothing to say it won’t be a great movie of course, but it’s not sounding like a great adaptation!
