You actor Penn Badgley addressed the Fantastic Four casting rumors that he’s involved in.

One consistent part of the Marvel rumor mill in the past months is centered around the Fantastic Four.

Imagine, just for a second, you stepping into a superhero costume, as many have fan-casted.

Penn Badgley Mr. Fantastic

Badgley: Well… No, I cant reveal that.

Neither confirm nor deny.

No, I dont know what to say about that.

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Horowitz: Have you ever met Kevin Feige, Penn Badgley?

You know, its possible that I have, but not in this context.

I might have met him years ago and I wouldnt, you know, Im not sure.

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Badgley is one of the actors rumoredto portray the MCU’s Reed Richards.

Is that intriguing to you?

What can you say?

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Badgley: You know, where theres smoke, theres not always fire.

It actually takes a lot to get from smoke to fire.

It takes a lot.

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Horowitz: So should I feed the fire?

Do we want to?

Penn, do you want my help in feeding the fire?

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Or are you good?

Badgley: Thats not how this fire gets lit.

this fire gets lit by Kevin I dont even know how to pronounce his name.

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Horowitz: Its Feige, thats the person

Badgley: Feige.

So Im clearly not gonna Im clearly not in a Marvel movie.

Like did you read Fantastic Four?

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I did love Spider-Man.

And then a bit of Wolverine.

So yeah, so Fantastic Four was never on my radar.

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Horowitz: Okay, so an open mind at least to this kind of world?

Badgley: Yeah, yeah, yeah for the time being.

Will Penn Badgley Join the MCU?

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This is on top of the fact that the actor closely resembles Reed Richards' classic comic design.

For now, it looks like theNetflixlead star is focused onYouSeason 4.

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