Jamie Bell Rocks as the Thing in the new “FANTASTIC FOUR”
Multi-faceted actor Jamie Bell who came to prominence
with his award-winning performance in the British dance drama “Billy Elliot”
now transforms into a hero with epic strength as Benjamin Grimm aka The Thing
in this year’s highly anticipated superhero film “Fantastic Four.”
Directed
by Josh Trank, “Fantastic Four” brings Bell to co-star
with equally talented young actors such as Miles Teller in the role of Reed
Richards aka Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara as Sue Storm aka the Invisible Woman and
Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch in the standalone and
contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s first (original) superhero team created
by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1961.
Written
by blockbuster maker Simon Kinberg (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “X-Men: Days of
Future Past,” “X-Men: The Last Stand”), the latest “Fantastic Four” resets
everything as it introduces an origins story of a young group of friends who
are dynamic, intelligent and courageous before being transformed into powerful
heroes the world has ever known. In
this cutting-edge version of director Trank, “Fantastic Four” brings the brilliant and
brave young friends in what could be mankind’s first journey to an alternative
universe. Butduring the mission, each of their physical form is altered,
granting them unmatched strength and abilities.
More
than playing The Thing who possesses unimaginable strength, Bell’s Ben Grimm is
best friends with the brainy Reed Richards. AsBen, he is someone who is
conflicted, who is inside himself, who's kind of stuck. He thinks that maybe baseball is his way
out. Ironically he then gets stuck and
can't find a way out but along with Reed and their newfound friends and his
altered appearance, he has finally found a way to channel his inner strength to
greater heights.
On
filming scenes where he appears as The Thing, Bell shares that director Trank
was unmovable that his character still retains his human soul through his eyes.
“On every setup where I would play The Thing, there was always six to 10
reference cameras shooting my face, sometimes even just the back of my head,
just to get everything, to capture reactions.
The performance aspect always remains the same, in that you 100 percent
come to life as a different being. It's
so immersive, and it kind of has to be.
For the technology to really work, you have to focus on every tiny
little physicality. I would say, “When I
come to a stop, can we just make sure that dust comes off me?” I just wanted to make sure that we never lost
his organic matter. Fortunately, Kevin Mack (Visual Effects Supervisor)’s kind
of a genius with that stuff,” enthused Bell on filming his scenes.
“Jamie’s
someone I’ve always been a fan of, since Billy Elliot. I’ve followed his career
and always wanted to work with him. Knowing him in real life I knew there was a
shade of his personality that could organically embody who I feel this
character needs to be in this movie. I suggested it to the studio, they loved
it, they knew he was a great actor. So I called him up. I think he was a bit
surprised to get the call but we had a great conversation about the character
and the next day he read the script and said, “If you want me, I’m in!” said
Trank on casting Bell.
Prepare
for a rocking new experience in theatres when the new “Fantastic Four” opens on
August 5 nationwide from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by
Warner Bros.
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