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* [[Awesome, Dear Boy]]: [[Jessica Alba]] got to star in the films because she had wanted to play a superhero since childhood.
* [[California Doubling]]: Most of the New York scenes were shot at Vancouver.
* [[Deleted Scene]]: A number of them reappeared in the extended cut.
* [[Doing It for the Art]]: After [[Michael Chiklis]] got the part of the Thing, he insisted on using make-up instead of motion capture, creating a more realistic experience.
* [[DVD Bonus Content]]: Featurettes featuring the cast and crew can be found on the DVDs.
* [[DVD Commentary]]:
** The cast commentary for the first film featured [[Jessica Alba]], [[Ioan Gruffudd]] and [[Michael Chiklis]].
** The crew commentaries featured Tim Story and Avi Arad.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: [[Jessica Alba]] wasn’t a fan of stripping off, the reaction was real.
* [[Fake American]]: Welsh actor [[Ioan Gruffudd]] played the American Reed Richards.
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Australian Julian McMahon played Romani Latverian Doctor Doom.
* [[Meaningful Release Date]]: It was originally supposed to be released on July 4, 2005, and early trailers played this up. However, its release date was shifted to four days later to prevent competition with ''[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]]''.
* [[Franchise Killer]]: The sequel made less money than the first film, resulting in a [[Fantastic Four (2015 film)|worse reboot in 2015]].
* [[Missing Trailer Scene]]: The first trailer shows Ned Cecil's original death scene where he gets electrocuted by Doom.
* [[Meaningful Release Date]]: It was originally supposed to be released on July 4, 2005, and early trailers played this up. However, its release date was shifted to four days later.
* [[Old Shame]]:
** Completely averted with Chiklis, who enjoyed playing as the Thing.
** Somewhat with Alba. She was happy to meet Cash Warren but didn't like Story's direction.
** Story admitted some things in his Storyverse films would have been different in a later decade.
* [[The Other Marty]]:
** [[The Other Marty]]: [[Nicolas Cage]] got cast as Doctor Doom with some filming and concept art done but left during production.
* [[Romance on the Set]]: [[Jessica Alba]] met her future husband Cash Warren while filming the first film in August 2004.
** While Doug Jones’ voice was used for the Silver Surfer in the trailers, he was dubbed over by [[Laurence Fishburne]] in the film.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]:
** Tim Story is a fan of the Marvel Comics series.
** [[Michael Chiklis]] is a big fan of the comics and was happy to play the Thing.
** Julian McMahon is also a fan of the comics.
* [[Romance on the Set]]: [[Jessica Alba]] met her future husband Cash Warren while filming the first film in August 2004.
* [[Star-Making Role]]:
** The first film, ''[[Sin City]]'' and ''[[Into the Blue]]'' have made [[Jessica Alba]] a household name in cinema.
** [[Chris Evans]] got more roles thanks to these films.
* [[Throw It In]]: [[Chris Evans]] improvised most of his dialogue for the Human Torch.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: Johnny says the MasterCard "Priceless" motto that was popular in the mid-2000s as one of his first lines.
** [[George Clooney]], [[Hugh Jackman]] (turned down due to the ''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]]'' franchise), Patrick Wilson and Brendan Fraser were considered to play Reed Richards. However, Jackman returned to play Wolverine as a cameo in the extended cut.
** [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Renee Zellweger]], Kate Bosworth, [[Rachel McAdams]], [[Elizabeth Banks]] and Keri Russell were all considered to play Sue Storm. Johannson and McAdams would later have roles in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].
** Paul Walker was considered to play Johnny Storm.
** Bruce Willis and James Gandolfini were considered to play Ben Grimm.
** Tim Robbins was considered to play Victor Von Doom.
 
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