We’re within the vacation break, so we’ll be barely extra open to overlaying some free speak about rumors—at the least if these concerned handle them, which is the case right here. Diego Luna’s clearly had a banner yr after Lucasfilm’s hit “Star Wars” sequence, “Andor.” And the free web speak of late is that Luna is being thought-about for the lead function in Marvel’s upcoming “Fantastic Four” the workforce’s stretchy chief and scientist Reed Richards.
No solid names have been revealed, however we all know Matt Shakman (“Wandavision”) is directing, and the film has a February 14, 2025, launch date. But on Kristian Harloff’s The Sith Council podcast interview present, the host instantly requested Luna concerning the Marvel of all of it and probably enjoying Reed Richards on the finish of his lengthy “Andor”-centered interview.
The responses weren’t denials precisely, and to see it from Luna’s face—perhaps not the best poker participant alive—effectively, we wouldn’t in any respect say he’s mendacity. Still, we additionally wouldn’t be stunned if the rumors that the Mexican actors had exploratory conversations with Marvel are true. Maybe at finest, you might describe his solutions as an evasive dodge for now.
At first, Luna prompt that perhaps rumors tackle a lifetime of themselves. “I just like the… I was talking about that this morning like the rumors,” he defined. “When you become part of rumors if half of the rumors were real, you know? It’s just incredible the amount of stuff that I see now out there.”
Then Luna prompt he’d in all probability be too busy with “Andor,” which is now taking pictures a second season, to affix a Marvel movie, particularly “Fantastic Four.”
“The only thing I can tell you is that, for the next two years, I’m busy. In two years, we’ll see if what I want to do is even film. Until 2024, I’m going to be doing [‘Andor’].”
Asked if he likes the character of Reed Richards, Luna simply laughed and seemingly signaled he wouldn’t be speaking about this any additional.
It at all times bothers us when film websites recommend actors are mendacity, however we are going to say this. “Andor” showrunner/creator Tony Gilroy has stated, or implied, that filming on “Andor” might be executed someday within the spring of 2023, in all probability one thing like a six to nine-month shoot. And sure, Luna is a producer; they’ll be reshoots, ADR, pick-ups, and so on. But “Fantastic Four” probably wouldn’t shoot till the top of 2023 or early 2024, and if all events concerned needed to make it work, they in all probability might. That stated, apparently, a number of actors are within the combine for the function of Richards—the extra accountable, staid workforce chief versus the extra irresponsible, hot-headed Human Torch and The Thing—a lot might occur within the subsequent few months. Stay tuned; we’ll in all probability get official “Fantastic Four” casting information by mid-2023. “Andor” is predicted someday in 2024, and perhaps not till at the least the center of the yr.
By the best way, we interviewed Luna earlier this yr for “Andor,” and you must positively test that interview out.