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Joining the MCU is no small feat, but Elizabeth Olsen says Fantastic Four’s Natasha Lyonne is a “very tough nut to crack”


Joining the MCU is no small feat, but Elizabeth Olsen says Fantastic Four’s Natasha Lyonne is a “very tough nut to crack”

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    Elizabeth Olsen in “Doctor Strange 2” and Natasha Lyonne in “Matryoshka – Russian Doll”, season 2.     Elizabeth Olsen in “Doctor Strange 2” and Natasha Lyonne in “Matryoshka – Russian Doll”, season 2.

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After its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival a year ago, the Azalea Jacobs-directed His three daughters will be available to stream with a Netflix subscription later this month. This 2024 film stars Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne, all of whom are also Marvel Cinematic Universe talents. In Lyonne’s case, we won’t see her until the franchise The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be released in summer 2025, but Olsen is confident that the Russian doll The actress will be able to navigate this superhero franchise with ease.

While Olsen and Coon, who played Scarlet Witch and Proxima Midnight in the MCU, respectively, spoke to GamesRadar+ about His three daughtersThe former was asked if she had any advice to give Lyonne following her casting in the latest Fantastic Four reboot. She replied:

No, she doesn’t need advice. She can handle herself. She’s a very tough woman. I think she knows she can handle any situation.

Carrie Coon added that Natasha Lyonne is “one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever met,” so she’s confident that her co-star in this upcoming Netflix film will have no problems being part of the MCU. Lyonne is reportedly part of The Fantastic Four: First Steps in May, but who she is playing remains a secret. This will be her second superhero film, after previously playing Merton in DC Super Pets League.

Natasha Lyonne’s co-stars in First steps The cast includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, Ralph Ineson as Galactus, and Julia Garner as the female version of the Silver Surfer. Along with Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser and John Malkovich have also been cast in unspecified roles. Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom is also rumored to have a cameo. First steps before he took center stage as the main antagonist in the upcoming Marvel films Avengers: Endgame And Avengers: Secret Wars.

Specific action details for The Fantastic Four: First Steps remain under wraps, apart from the fact that the film will take place on a different Earth in the Marvel Multiverse than the main reality of the MCU and that Galactus, of course, wants to devour said Earth. Whatever happens in this film, the core quartet of protagonists will be back for End of the world And Secret Warsundoubtedly to help the other MCU heroes in the fight against Victor von Doom. First steps Directed by WandaVisionMatt Shankman and Jeff Kaplan as well as Ian Springer, Josh Friedman, Cameron Squires, Eric Pearson and Peter Cameron all contributed to the screenplay.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be in theaters on July 25, 2025, but hopefully we’ll find out who Natasha Lyonne plays in it long before then. Get your Disney+ subscription out now if you want to watch the Marvel movies or one of the MCU TV series in order.

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