Three upcoming Marvel films are slated on the 2025 launch schedule, with the final of the bunch being The Incredible 4: First Steps. The introduction of this superhero quartet to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (not counting John Krasinski’s Mister Incredible cameo in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity) will happen on a distinct Earth within the Marvel multiverse, and whereas we all know who lots of the actors within the Incredible 4 solid are taking part in, there are a handful whose roles are being saved secret, together with Natasha Lyonne. Nevertheless, following the Poker Face actress sharing a brand new element about her mysterious character, I’m fairly positive I do know who she’s taking part in.
In the direction of the top of her interview with Vainness Honest, Lyonne addressed her involvement in each The Incredible 4: First Steps and Smurfs, the latter of which additionally comes out later this yr. Right here’s what she needed to say about her involvement within the MCU’s first Section Six film:
It’s all very interstellar-type stuff, coming at it from completely different instructions. I’m additionally within the Smurfs film, and really some stuff does occur that’s… I don’t wish to get into it, as a result of I’ll get in bother. However assuming that I’m lifeless by 8:45 p.m. tonight and so they have to chop the films collectively in a mash-up, it would all marry properly, I believe.
The interstellar half shouldn’t come as a shock contemplating that The Incredible 4: First Steps will see Galactus, performed by Ralph Ineson, coming to the title crew’s Earth to devour it along with his herald The Silver Surfer, performed by Julia Garner, in tow. Nevertheless, the truth that Natasha Lyonne began to check the subsequent Incredible 4 film to Smurfs, a fully-animated film, may seemingly point out that her function within the former could possibly be a voiceover function. If that’s the case, then that principally narrows down her character to H.E.R.B.I.E., the crew’s robotic pal.
We all know that H.E.R.B.I.E. will seem in First Steps because of the idea artwork launched a bit of over a yr in the past, and whereas the character was initially voiced by Frank Welker in The New Incredible 4, there’s nothing that claims a person has to tackle the function once more. Throw in Lyonne’s comedic sensibilities, and I can simply envision her voice popping out of the robotic to drop wisecracks. Clearly that is on no account formally confirmed, however I’m extra satisfied than ever that Lyonne is voicing H.E.R.B.I.E.
Different actors whose roles in The Incredible 4: First Steps stay unknown embody Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich and Sarah Niles, although the frequent guess amongst followers concerning Hauser is he’ll be taking part in Mole Man. There are additionally rumblings that Robert Downey Jr. will make a cameo look as Physician Doom forward of his full debut in Avengers: Doomsday. As for our intrepid crew of protagonists, we’ll see Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Incredible, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Girl, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Factor and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.
The Incredible 4: First Steps hits theaters on July 25, 2025. In the meantime, hearken to Natasha Lyonne’s first MCU outing as Byrdie, the daughter of alternate variations of Darcy Lewis and Howard the Duck, by streaming What If… ? Season 3 together with your Disney+ subscription.