It's the movie EVERYONE is talking about
Fantastic Four!
But who better to talk about it
than the people who made it?!
So man, the scrutiny on these comic book movies
is getting intense!
Yeah...
What's it like working in this genre?
It's great.
I mean, y'know...
you're not wrong, it's intense
and challenging, but that's because they've become so popular.
And there are more of them now, so competition's more fierce.
You have found yourself in a little bit of a similar situation to
John Boyega, over in Star Wars -
Which is what?
Uh, y'know, some people not be as accepting about diversity
with these franchises.
Have you and John Boyega talked at all?
No not at all, we haven't.
Because I think that you've handled it really well -
Thank you so much.
- and so what are you hoping people take away when they see your character
on the screen this weekend?
A great performance.
I think Johnny Storm's an incredible character
so I think, I hope people will take away
that, y'know, I did a good job playing Johnny Storm.
So this isn't your first motion capture rodeo!
No!
How has the medium, or the technology
coming along from movie to movie?
It's advancing so quickly.
I made a movie called, uh, Tintin.
And that was kind of my first experience with it.
And uh, while we were making that
we were using the same equipment that the guys from Avatar were using
and some of the guys were kinda still floating around
the studio, and they'd see the stuff that we were using
and they'd be like "oh, we didn't have that!"
Y'know "we didn't get all that cool stuff!"
And even since then
since that movie, since Tintin
it's advancing, like, all the time.
I just saw a picture of Andy Serkis
who's in Star Wars and he has a motion capture suit
and that looks...insane!
You've managed to have some great synergy this week!
With not only this film opening
but the Deadpool trailer!
Yeah, yeah!
How is it building the Fox Comic Book Cinematic Universe?
It's fun! I get to work with these characters that I grew up loving.
And work in different movies
that have different tones
different filmmakers
and really just play around.
Well what's nice about this movie
is the very strong scientific aspects to it.
Y'know, it's not just "I got superpowers
I'm gonna go save the world!"
Do you hope that maybe inspires kids to maybe be more interested in science?
I mean for sure, I think science is cool.
And I think we show science in a very realistic way,
y'know everything pretty much practical.
We didn't want to do too much, uh
y'know fantasy, besides the obvious, y'know teleportation to different dimensions
but we wanted to show a part of science that was, y'know could or maybe possible in the future.
Y'know that's the kind of science that we wanna show
so I hope we do inspire a new generation of kids that are invested
and more interested in the sciences
cause we need that spirit, we need that, that
that pioneer spirit.
Y'know there's a lot of bullying as well now