Trivia about The Fantastic Four. * In an interview with the filmmaker Kevin Smith, Stan Lee, the creator of the "Fantastic Four", said that, unknown to its cast and crew, this movie was never intended to be released, and it was made only because the studio that owned the rights to make a "Fantastic Four" movie would have lost those rights if it did not begin production by a certain date. * The studio provided Roger Corman a few million dollars - much of it was spent on The Thing's costume and there was an absence of other special effects in the movie. * Mark Ruffalo auditioned for the role of Doctor Doom. He eventually ended up playing another Marvel character. He went on to play Bruce Banner in The Avengers. * Patrick Warburton auditioned for the role of Ben Grimm. * Ren