I met [director] Matt Shakman for Ben Grimm, he tells EW.
My post said, I just want to be in the conversation.
And it was a picture of the Thing, and Matt saw it somehow.
David Krumholtz, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm/The Thing in ‘Fantastic Four’.Amy Sussman/WireImage; Everett Collection
And I had a meeting with him and we discussed it.
But obviously that didn’t happen.
The actors passion for the role comes from a lifelong comic book fandom.
Mole Man.Marvel Comics
I grew up reading Marvel comics.
It was all I read, he says.
I wasn’t a big DC guy.
I just read Marvel and it became an obsession.
So when Marvel started making films, it was mind-blowing.
There wasn’t the technology to do them properly.
And suddenly there was, and suddenly they were getting it all right.
And they were true to the costumes and true to every little detail.
I think Ebon Moss-Bachrach is a really great choice, he says.
It makes way more sense in some ways.
Its not a joke at all, Krumholtz says of his recentsocial media postcampaigning for Mole Man.
I mean, it’s a shoe-in for Mole Man, isn’t it?
But I don’t know.
I’ll do anything Marvel tells me to.
I’ll probably end up playing like a superhero’s therapist.
Let’s face it.
There’s slim pickings for guys like me in that world, unfortunately.
I’m old and I’m not in any kind of acceptable shape.
So we’ll see how that works out, if it works out at all.
Krumholtzs new indie dramedyLousy Carterhits theaters and on-demand platforms March 29.Watch the first trailer here.
This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
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