Toby Kebbell Says There’s A Great Fantastic Four Cut That Fans Will Never See

A year ago, Toby Kebbell was preparing for a press tour, and hoping for his role in Fantastic Four as the iconic villain Doctor Victor Von Doom would be the start of a franchise. Unfortunately, the Josh Trank-directed film, frankly, bombed. With a lifetime gross of $56 million domestic and $168 million total worldwide, it was a write-off film for 20th Century Fox, who put $120 million into the budget, plus marketing (and remember, the gross is just that – full ticket price taken in by theaters; it’s not what goes back to the actual production).

Interestingly, Kebbell backs up a tweet that the embattled Trank made and deleted after catching heat for it, telling TheDailyBeast, “I tell you, the honest truth is [Trank] did cut a great film that you’ll never see. That is a shame. A much darker version, and you’ll never see it.”

The actor enjoyed playing Doctor Doom, but questioned how the character was portrayed in the film.

“Unfortunately, I played Doom in three points: Walking down a corridor, killing the doctor and getting into the time machine, and lying on the bench. They were the only times I played Doom. Everything else was some other guy, on some other day… doing some other thing. I was infuriated that he was allowed to limp like that!” Kebbell said. His transformation, for example, was cut entirely from the film.