New Details on Doctor Doom in FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot; He’s Not a Hacker
There’s been a lot of negative talk surrounding Fantastic Four and its villain Doctor Doom, played by Toby Kebbell. Several months ago the actor talked about the character saying that he’s a very anti-social programmer who goes by the name of ‘Doom’ on blogging sites. It doesn’t seem like that’s the case anymore. In an interview with SuperHeroHype, Kebbell sheds some new light on the character he plays saying:
"Yeah, he’s still from the same place, his mother is still a gypsy and done her deals, his father still perished from exposure looking after me. He’s angry. He’s an angry dude. But now he’s in Baxter. He’s bright and he’s trying to make people proud. He found a new father in Dr. Storm, the father of Johnny and adoptive father of Sue.
"I kind of get adopted as well, in a fantastic performance by Reg E. Cathey. And that’s Doom as we see him. He’s a computer technician, a computer scientist. There were rumors he was a hacker or something, but no. Victor Von Doom is who we hope he will be."
What’s funny about those rumors is that they were started by Kebbell himself. Maybe after there was an uproar from the fans, the director, Josh Trank, and the studio decided to change it. The character seems a little more interesting than I was expecting.
Fans seemed to really enjoy what they saw in the new trailer when it was screened at Comic-Con. That trailer has since been released online, and you can watch here. It's definitely the best one I’ve seen for the film.
The movie also stars Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Miles Teller. Fantastic Four will open in theaters on August 7th. Here's hoping it's good.