The rebooted "Fantastic Four" film flopped in more ways than one, and everybody has his or her own idea why the movie failed to impress both audiences and critics alike. It fared poorly at the box office and received dismal reviews, and even its own director Josh Trank criticized his own film via Twitter.
The rumor about the production horrors faced by the film has been widely circulating around the net, and the poor working relationship developed by Trank and his producers are being pinpointed as to why the film was such a mess.
But for "Fantastic Four" creator Stan Lee, who co-wrote it together with Jack Kirby has his own idea why the rebooted film just did not cut it. During an interview with Larry King, the comic book genius jokingly said, "It's probably because I didn't have a cameo in it."
Lee also revealed that the filmmakers did not approach him to discuss the story, and that he cannot say what fully went wrong because he has not seen the film himself. "They didn't discuss the story with me," Lee told King. "I haven't seen it yet, so I really can't comment."
When asked by King if it's because there are already too many superhero reboots being done in a short span of time, Lee simply reflected, "That may be true."
Every die-hard comic book fan knows that Lee is the undisputed king of cameos, having appeared in dozens of Marvel movies and television shows already - from Tobey Maguire's "Spider-Man" to all of the "Avengers" films and even the original "Fantastic Four" film, which starred Ioan Gruffud as Reed Richards, Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, Chris Evans as Johnny Storm, and Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm's as opposed to the rebooted version's Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell.
In the 2005 "Fantastic four," Lee played mailman Willie Lumpkin.
As for the television shows, Lee has already made an appearance in "Agent Carter." On the flipside, he did not make any appearances in "X2" and "X-Men: First Class," even though he was co-creator of the team. He also missed out on cameos in character films which he did not create such as "Blade," "Punisher," and "Ghost Rider."
Lee also admitted that he does not see all of the movies based on his creations immediately upon released, but he quickly added that "I get there eventually."
