News Fantastic Four Fantastic Four‘s Ralph Ineson Sees Galactus As “More Than a Little Inconvenient” Rather Than Evil The line between “hungry” and “evil” is often thin. By Matthew Byrd | Published on July 23, 2025 Screenshot: Marvel Studios Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Marvel Studios In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, The Fantastic Four: First Steps actor Ralph Ineson discussed how his career led him to portray Galactus in the upcoming Marvel movie. And while Ineson says he and fellow Nosferatu actor Nicholas Hoult (who recently portrayed Lex Luthor in Superman) joked about who was going to give the best villainous performance of the year, Ineson goes on to explain that he didn’t approach Galactus as a purely evil figure. “Nobody is the bad guy in their own story,” Ineson says. “In a villain’s head, there are particular motivations for what they do. I’m talking about a normal human villain. I don’t think I’ve ever played a character that recognizes he is consciously evil or a mustache-twirling villain.” While portraying a cosmic entity that regularly consumes worlds would seemingly break that streak, Ineson ultimately leaned into the tragedy of Galactus’ existence to get to the heart of the character. “Galactus is a different concept because there’s no evil intent to what he does,” Ineson explains. “He hungers. He has to consume planets to stay alive, and that’s maintained a balance in the universe for 14 billion years…So that’s why I don’t class him as evil, but he’s obviously a villain of sorts. If you are living on a planet that he’s about to devour, that makes him more than a little inconvenient, but I don’t think that necessarily makes him evil.” Variations of that argument are not new, though it’s fascinating to hear the actor both acknowledge that perspective and elaborate on how he incorporated that perspective into his performance. It’s difficult to not be jealous of the interviewer who got to hear Ineson explain all of that in his trademark gravelly voice, but c’est la vie. Of course, it was probably a lot easier for Ineson to find the heart of the Galactus character given that he was the man inside the massive Galactus suit used in the film. Indeed, that suit required what Ineson describes as a “pit crew” of helpers to both get him in and out of it and ensure that he didn’t break the illusion of the character by sweating while filming his scenes. So be sure to take time to appreciate the sacrifices of an overheated Ralph Ineson staring at pieces of electrical tape where his co-stars should be when you check out The Fantastic Four: First Steps when it arrives in theaters on July 24. [end-mark] The post <i>Fantastic Four</i>‘s Ralph Ineson Sees Galactus As “More Than a Little Inconvenient” Rather Than Evil appeared first on Reactor.