Jessica Alba has supplied some recommendation to Vanessa Kirby as cameras roll on the MCU’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

As Marvel readies The Fantastic Four for the MCU, it was inevitable that everybody from the sooner films could be recast. And whereas Chris Evans has gone on to play a key function within the Marvel Cinematic Universe – thus bumping to the highest of the checklist for a Deadpool & Wolverine cameo – that hasn’t been the case for the remainder of the staff. Fortunately, not less than Jessica Alba is taking it in good stride, even lending phrases of knowledge to Vanessa Kirby, who will take over Invisible Woman aka Sue Storm in subsequent yr’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Jessica Alba – who performed Invisible Woman in each 2005’s Fantastic Four and 2007’s Rise of the Silver Surfer – not too long ago acknowledged that she thinks Vanessa Kirby ought to embrace the huge fandom of the characters, saying, “I think [the advice is to] just have fun. The fans are so amazing.” She added, “It was probably one of the best times of my life, going around the world and meeting all of the people that just love The Fantastic Four and love these comic books and can relate to these stories. That, to me, and to be able to meet so many different people that you can touch and bring joy to them, I would say that’s first and foremost for anyone who gets the honor of playing one of these awesome characters. So I’d tell her to just have fun and soak in the moments.” Rebecca Staab has but to remark…

It needs to be famous that these feedback are in stark distinction to previous feedback Jessica Alba made about engaged on Fantastic Four, which she mentioned was an expertise that nearly pushed her to stop performing altogether. Granted, most of this had to do with director Tim Story. Even nonetheless, it’s fairly nice to see simply how beneficiant she is passing the torch (no, not that one) regardless of a real curiosity in reprising the character ought to the chance come up.

As it stands, Vanessa Kirby shall be our Invisible Woman for the foreseeable future, starting with The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which launches Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe on July twenty fifth, 2025.

What did you consider Jessica Alba in Fantastic Four? What will Vanessa Kirby deliver to the character?