25 WTF Moments From Fantastic Four

16. Characters Frequently Disappear For Long Periods

One of the weirder aspects of F4 is just how often characters appear and then perform vanishing acts for lengthy periods of time. Here's a few examples: Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) spends a few scenes with Reed at the start and then completely exits the movie for roughly countless scenes before re-appearing. Then later on, after the gang have been transformed, Reed escapes and disappears for a while. And, of course, after his accident, Doom spends a whole half hour completely off-screen. It's almost enough to make you think that the production couldn't schedule the actors to be together often enough or something; because seeing the foursome share the screen ahead of the final sequence is very rare.
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