Would Tom Ellis have been the proper Reed Richards? The Lucifer star gives new insights into his expertise auditioning to hitch the MCU.

The method of discovering the proper actor for Reed Richards within the MCU appeared to be a tumultuous one. Whereas Pedro Pascal would in the end land the function in The Implausible 4: First Steps, indicators level to just about a dozen actors being up for the function. If the rumor mill is to be believed, everybody from Dev Patel to Matt Smith have been up for the main function.

Now it appears yet one more identify has been revealed as having been in consideration for the function. Tom Ellis, maybe finest recognized for his function as Lucifer within the eponymous Fox sequence, not too long ago instructed Sq. Mile that he was one of many choose actors requested to audition for the function of Reed Richards within the The Implausible 4: First Steps– believing it might lastly be the “proper” function for him to hitch the MCU.

“There was a choose group of those that acquired requested to tape for Reed Richards. I had been ready for the appropriate factor, timing-wise and character-wise, to return alongside. And I keep in mind trying on the picture of Richards within the comics and going, ‘This could possibly be the one.’ We glance fairly related.”

Tom Ellis Speaks On Dropping The Function Of Reed Richards To Pedro Pascal

In fact, historical past reveals that Pedro Pascal would conquer Tom Ellis in touchdown one of many MCU’s most coveted roles. Nonetheless, evidently Ellis doesn’t harbor any in poor health will over dropping out on the prospect to star in The Implausible 4: First Steps. The actor admits that among the finest elements of being an actor is the prospect to hit issues huge, even when it doesn’t work out.

“I perceive that to a sure diploma,” Ellis remarks when requested if reserving a job could also be extra thrilling than performing in that function “Though I actually get pleasure from doing the roles. Nevertheless it’s what we dwell for. We dwell for the what if-ness of it.”

“We’re all on this trade as a result of all of us dreamt about doing it sooner or later. I believe we’re nonetheless all dreamers, and the individuals who say they’re not are both too cynical or they shouldn’t be doing it anymore.”

Whereas followers have in the end beloved Pedro Pascal’s efficiency as Reed Richards in The Implausible 4: First Steps, that doesn’t imply there’s no place for Tom Ellis within the MCU. Followers have been hoping that the Lucifer star would be part of the franchise for fairly a while. Whereas Mister Implausible was maybe probably the most well-known fancast, the actor has additionally been floated as excellent for key villains like Mr. Sinister and Physician Doom (though that second function may additionally be taken for the following few years!)

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