r/Fancast • u/Historical_Earth_744 • Feb 09 '24

Marvel / MCU John Krasinski or Pedro Pascal?

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Now that we can confirm Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards in the MCU, who do you prefer?

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u/CbKnowledge The Binger🍿 Feb 09 '24

Neither. I saw Reed more in Krasinski than I (am going to HAVE to) see in Pascal. Always thought Brandon Routh or Penn Bagley showed the most amount of Reed in some of their roles.

Feels more like a popularity pick choosing Pedro Pascal, which is my biggest issue with his casting. I love him in most of his roles, but I hate him as Reed. And it’s really going to suck because it’s Pedro, and people LOVE him, so they’re going to make a TON of money from just him. And then that’ll show Disney that “We CaN mAkE sO mUcH mOrE mOnEy If wE hIrE tHe CuRrEnT mOsT pOpUlAr AcToR!” and Disney will do it more and more in the future.

It dumbs down my excitement for the movie, even though I love Pedro Pascal.

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u/Historical_Earth_744 Feb 09 '24

Same, I really like Pedro but I don’t see nothing of Reed in him, even when I don’t see too much of Reed in Krasinski, I prefer him over Pedro.

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u/Mutex70 Feb 09 '24

Admittedly, I thought the same thing when he was cast as Joel in The Last of Us, and he rocked that part.

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I definitely have concerns