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Director Matt Shakman addresses the popular fan-casting rumor about Natasha Lyonne playing Alicia Masters and explains why it was never in the cards. He also shares his vision for bringing Ben Grimm's classic neighborhood, Yancy Street, to life.
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00:00Was Natasha Lyonne ever going to play Alicia Masters?
00:04How did you land on that the way that it was?
00:07You know, I love Yancey Street.
00:09I love, you know, Ben's history.
00:11I loved the idea of creating this place that felt surprisingly grounded and not technologically advanced compared to the rest
00:18of the city.
00:19There's something about Yancey Street that doesn't change.
00:21That's a collision of all these different cultures.
00:24And Ben even says, you know, I love that things don't change down here.
00:27And he's drawn to it.
00:28It's a way that he recharges going back to his neighborhood.
00:31And that's true in the comics as well.
00:33And so I love the idea that he meets somebody special down there that he creates a bond with.
00:38And, you know, you see it in the film, you know, in terms of his shyness about it, you know,
00:44because he is this incredible, you know, character who's so hard and rough on the outside, but so soft on
00:51the inside.
00:51He's the only member of the four who can't change at will and go back to being Ben Grimm in
00:57human form.
00:57And so it was a way to help tell that story of what it's like for him personally and the
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