Fantastic Four cast step out in Sydney for premiere
Stars have stepped out for the premiere of Fantastic Four: The First Steps in Sydney. See all the pictures in our gallery below.
Confidential
Don't miss out on the headlines from Confidential. Followed categories will be added to My News.
Jet lag wasn’t an issue for Hollywood star Pedro Pascal, and while he plays part of a superhero family in Fantastic Four: The First Steps, the connection with his co-stars goes well beyond the script.
In Sydney for the premiere of the highly anticipated third adaptation of the iconic Marvel comic, Pascal was joined by co-stars Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
And despite the fun they had, Pascal admitted the pressure of stepping into such a beloved franchise as Mr Fantastic wasn’t lost on him.
“I think that we’d be lying if we said we weren’t really nervous to step into these characters and into this beautiful chapter of Marvel storytelling,” Pascal told The Daily Telegraph.
“But the gift is to step into it together, quite literally like the four of us, playing a family was everything.”
Pascal recalled a deep late night chat with Moss-Bachrach, reflecting on how unexpectedly close the cast had become during filming.
“How meaningful and how surprising it is to step into something that is of such a large scale and then have the most kind of, like artistically intimate and long lasting … personal relationships that we get to have for the rest of our lives,” he said.
During a press junket at Sydney’s Park Hyatt with Kirby, who plays Sue Storm, Pascal who plays her on-screen love interest spoke warmly about their real life bond.
“We hate each other,” he joked.
“Can you imagine? That would be so tiring,” Kirby added.
“I don’t think you can fake that stuff.
“Pretending is part of make believe … but this wasn’t like that. We were just in love with each other from the start, it became more than just a project or a movie.”
Kirby, who is currently expecting her first child, said she took on the role with deep respect for Marvel fans and their long standing attachment to different versions of the character.
“In a way, it’s almost like respecting everyone’s feelings about it,” she said.
“Some people are attached to a movie version they saw … or they read a comic from the 90s that they loved the most and I don’t look anything like that or whatever.
“I just have respect for it, really … I feel humbled by the idea of just realising one version of her … that one person might surrender to.”
Fantastic Four: The First Steps opens in Australian cinemas on July 24.
Fordham keeps breakfast throne, surprise station claims top spot
Sydney radio sees a shake-up! Smoothfm is now number one, beating 2GB in the latest ratings. More music seems to be the key, but 2GB’s Ben Fordham still rules breakfast.
‘Expensive relationship’ has UK soap star mulling move to Aus
The British soap star, who has been travelling regularly to Sydney to see her partner, says she’s not ruling out relocating, calling it “an expensive relationship.”