Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman has opened up about why John Malkovich's Red Ghost was left out of t𓆏he final cut.

Speaki🌺ng to s, Shakman revealed that the opening montage of the Fantastic Four's heroic exploits shown during the Ted Gilbert Show was originally longer, allowing for viewers to see a "sense of history" as Marvel's First Family hit its fourth 🌌anniversary.

"We wanted the characters to feel lived-in, we wanted the city to feel lived-in. Part of that was showing all t𒁃he things they've done along the way: building the F🐎uture Foundation, defeating Red Ghost, The Mad Thinker, Mole Man."

Of those, Red Ghost was 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the main casualty left on the cutt💎ing room floor – despite John Malkovich's supervilla🌃🧜in being shown in trailers.

"We had an opening that involved a lot of action around the Red Ghost. We had an incredible performance from John Malkovich. It was just so much material when we were trying to sort of get to that present da🦹y moment where their world ch🐟anges when the pregnancy happens," Shakman explained.

On the sequence itself, the director added, "We had Red Ghost trying to steal a rocket ship with his apes, and♒ Reed trying to defeat him and outwitting him. We see snippets of that in the [Ted 🐓Gilbert Show] montage, you see him kicking one of the apes in the water."

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