The Power Cosmic not only plays a pivotal role in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but it could also factor heavily into the Marvel Cinematic Universe's future.

Natasha Lyonne recently addressed the surprising connection between The Bad Guys 2 and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. In a new interview, she reacted to playing characters named Doom in both films and hinted at her mysterious MCU role,

Natasha Lyonne recently addressed the surprising connection between The Bad Guys 2 and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. In a new interview, she reacted to playing characters named Doom in both films and hinted at her mysterious MCU role,

Speaking of connections… During one of my recent fits of insomnia, I discovered a strange factoid that connects The Fantastic Four: First Steps with Saved by the Bell, at least an early version of the popular high school-centric sitcom many of us grew up watching. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since, and I have to talk it out.

The trickiest part of bringing the Fantastic Four into the live-action movie world is done justice by the MCU's 2025 film, and I'm immensely grateful.

First Steps avoids the worst MCU habits, embraces classic family values, and aims high with cosmic stakes—but familiar missteps in the final act diminish what could have been.

Galactus will finally be joining the MCU in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and he’ll make us want a sequel to one Phase 4 movie even more. By Kai Young July 10, 2025, 12:02pm

Fee-fi-ho-hum Galactus is going to gobble up the world. But he offers the Four another option: He’ll slow his roll if Reed and Sue hand over their new baby. The doting parents aren’t on board with that plan. So, in a scene that lasts — I kid you not — two minutes, they try and fail to teleport the Earth to another part of the universe.

First Steps' premiere and describes the immediate family-like connection she felt with the cast. Plus, she talks about what it was like transitioning into a project as big as the MCU.