Ebon Moss-Bachrach SaysThe Fantastic FourCast Already Has a Group Chat — and Pedro Pascal Started It!

Mar. 15, 2025

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (left) and Pedro Pascal.Photo:Getty

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The cast of the newFantastic Fourmovieis already working on their fantastic chemistry!

“Pedro started a group text a couple days ago,” Moss-Bachrach, 46, shared onJimmy Kimmel Live!on Saturday, over a week afterthe film’s casting was announced.

“I have his number, so it says Pedro Pascal, and then there’s two +44 numbers. I don’t know which one’s Vanessa and which one is Joseph,” the actor revealed.

And though he may not know who is speaking, the chat is active, Moss-Bachrach said.

“Everybody said something,” he told Kimmel, 56. “Everyone’s put a little image or a sticker or, you know, a GIF or something out there. So people are invested, I guess.”

“No one’s being coy,” he joked.

Marvel announced the main cast ofThe Fantastic Fouron Valentine’s Day with an illustration of the actors as their heroes, as well as a release date for the film: July 25, 2025.

Moss-Bachrach also shared the news on his ownInstagram, writing, “From our family to yours: HAPPY VALENTINE’S!!!”

The announcement followed months ofreportsthat Pascal was in talks to star in the film as the superhero group’s leader, Reed Richards, a.k.a. Mister Fantastic.

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Then, a 2015 remake starred Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell as the titular group. Most recently,John Krasinski portrayed a parallel universe version of Reed Richardsin 2022’sDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

source: people.com