Fantastic Four Movie Update from 'The Human Torch'

I went to 'Top Gun' (school).  A lot of these guys are pretty cocky hotshots when they're in the cockpit doing their business, but outside of the cockpit these guys have fun, and they're crude, and they have an arrogance about them. That, I think, every single pilot in 'Top Gun' embodies.

Evans said that he combined the elements of skill and arrogance in his portrayal of Storm.

I think that inspires some arrogance in these guys, but a lot of these pilots who do pilot, whether it's fighter pilots or space, are doing high-risk jobs that a very small percentage of people in this world can do, and they know it.  Johnny Storm is a kind of a hotshot, a little arrogant, likes to have fun, but he's intelligent.

In 'Fantastic Four', which is based on the Marvel Comics series, Evans is part of a cast that includes Michael Chiklis (Ben Grimm/The Thing), Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic) and Jessica Alba (Sue Storm/the Invisible Girl).

Evans added that the movie marks his first foray into special-effects and stunt work.

"They’ve already got me fitted with that [wire] harness, that really comfortable harness that fits so nicely," Evans said sarcastically. "It hurts, man. It rips your leg hairs out. But it's all new terrain for me, this high-tech stuff, so it's fun and it’s all learning experience."

Evans said that his tranformation from Johnny Storm into the Human Torch will be created purely through computer graphics, which is an entirely new experience for him.

I don’t think they’re going to actually set me on fire.  I think it's going to be mostly CGI. I don't think we're ever going to use any real fire; it will all be green screen, stuff that I don't know anything about.

Fantastic Four is about to begin production in Vancouver, B.C., with a release slated for July 1, 2005.