Vanessa Kirby Reveals Intense Deleted Scene Between Sue Storm and Mole Man from THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Vanessa Kirby is opening up about a deleted moment from The Fantastic Four: First Steps that would’ve added a fun, edgier layer to her character, Sue Storm.
In an interview with Variety, the actress shared details about a scene with Paul Walter Hauser’s Mole Man that never made it into the final cut, one that highlighted the raw power and dangerous potential of the MCU’s Invisible Woman. Kirby explained:
“There was a line within a scene that isn’t in it anymore with Mole Man – who I absolutely love. I’m so excited that we might get to do more with him if we get to do any more of this, because Paul [Walter Hauser] is amazing.
“But in it, she said something like, ‘I could give you an aneurysm if I wanted to in two seconds.’”
It’s a direct nod to classic Sue Storm from the comics, where she often walks a thin line between restraint and lethal precision. Kirby elaborated further on that balance.
“In the comics, Sue uses that threat quite a lot: ‘I could put a force field in your brain and give you an aneurysm. I could put an air bubble inside of you and kill you in an instant.
“These powers are also really lethal and really dangerous. But these four have chosen to unite the global community and be a force for good.”
“She’s made this decision, but at her fingertips, she could be lethal. It felt so real to me that somebody that’s trying to be a force for good also has the capacity, like we all do, for the light and the dark.”
In a separate interview, Kirby also shed more light on another missing scene that took place in Subterranea, Mole Man’s underground domain. The scene would have appeared early in the movie and offered a unique window into Sue’s work life.
“I had a scene with Mole Man going down into [Subterranea] at the very beginning of the movie. Sue goes and kinda kicks back and has a drink with him. Well, she can't because she's pregnant, but he pours her water, and she wishes it was whiskey. I just loved it.”
“It was so fun to shoot. We went into the mines, all the way up to the North of England to shoot it and it just represented Sue's working life and the fact she interacts with all these supervillains...and she's emotionally in tune with them.”
While it’s not uncommon for Marvel Studios to leave major scenes and even entire subplots on the cutting room floor, it’s a shame we didn’t get to see this dynamic exchange play out. It sounds like it would have added a darker, more emotionally complex side to Sue Storm while expanding Mole Man’s presence in the MCU.
Hopefully, we’ll see those deleted scenes released on the Blu-ray special features!