The Spanish Javier Bardem Galactus could be the main villain of the debut of The Fantastic Four within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The report comes from Jeff Sneider, who has a good reputation when it comes to breaking superhero movie news.
If true, Javier Bardem would get the role of one of the most legendary villains in Marvel comics. Galactus debuted in Fantastic Four #48in March 1966. The goal was to create a tyrant with god-like powers.
The goal of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, creators of the character, was to avoid the cliché of a villain who seeks to conquer the world, there were already several of those in comics in the 1960s. What they did was give him the status of semi- god, in which he is not really an evil entity, but someone who is beyond good and evil. Galactus would simply be hungry, and it turns out that he feeds on entire worlds.
Galactus continued to appear in the comics The Fantastic Four and became one of his most common villains. He also has an important presence in Infinity Gauntlet (1991) and infinity war (1992). He is one of Marvel’s most popular and mythical villains.
The confirmation of Javier Bardem as Galactus would give important weight to the character within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, since he is one of the most respected actors today.
In April of this year, the possibility of Antonio Banderas playing Galactus was rumored. But that report finally came to nothing, and apparently the choice for the actor to play the character will be Javier Bardem.
Not only Javier Bardem as Galactus, but also Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards
Not only Javier Bardem is one of the actors that Marvel would be in the cast of reboot of The Fantastic Fouralso to Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, Mandalorian). The studio supposedly offered him the character of Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic. The report comes from the reputable publication slashfilmwhich ensures that the announcement will be made shortly.
Vanesa Kirby’s name also sounds like Sue Storm. In fact, in a recent interview with Variety during the premiere of Napoleondidn’t deny the rumor and only said “I don’t know, you’d have to ask Marvel.”
Considering the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, its current restructuring, the box office failures of The Marvels and the mediocre performance of previous attempts to bring the Fantastic Four to film, it is no surprise that the stadium is looking for a very first-class cast for the reboot Of the characters.
Fantastic Four opens on May 2, 2025 in theaters around the world. We still don’t know who the actors who will play the superheroes are, but we know that it will be directed by Matt Shakman and the script will be written by Josh Friedman after the dismissal of Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer.