British actor Ralph Ineson has reacted to his casting as Marvel villain Galactus within the forthcoming Unbelievable 4 film.

The Leeds-born actor, 54, first rose to fame enjoying the “bloody good” gross sales consultant Chris Finch within the UK sitcom The Workplace.

His credit since then embody appearances within the Harry Potter movies as darkish wizard Amycus Carrow, and the position of warrior Dagmer Cleftjaw in Recreation of Thrones.

He joins a star-studded solid that features The Final of Us’s Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr Unbelievable, The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Factor, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Lady and Joseph Quinn (Stranger Issues) as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.

Ozark’s Julia Garner will play Silver Surfer, whereas John Malkovich has additionally joined the movie in an undisclosed position.

Ineson reacted to the information, which was first revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, in a put up on X/Twitter as he wrote: “World devouring cosmic villain is it? I’ll see what I can do”.

Followers reacted to the information with references to the star’s memorable Workplace position.

“World devouring villain a private good friend of mine and a bloody good rep” stated one individual, whereas one other added: “Effectively accomplished Finchy! You’ll nail it”.

One person made a reference to one of many character’s important achievements including: “You threw a kettle over a pub, it is best to nail this one.”

Galactus, who was created for Marvel comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, is an intergalactic being who eats the life power of planets.

Within the comedian books, he appeared as a towering human-like big, however in 2007’s Unbelievable 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer the character was portrayed as a CGI-generated cosmic cloud. This model of the villain, just like the movie itself, was largely poorly acquired.

That movie, a sequel to 2005’s Unbelievable 4, was produced by twentieth Century Fox. The brand new The Unbelievable 4 will symbolize the primary time the superhero workforce will be part of the interlinking Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Disney’s Marvel Studios acquired the rights to the Unbelievable 4 in 2019 when the corporate merged with Fox.

WandaVision director Matt Shakman will helm the subsequent iteration of the superhero workforce on the massive display screen.

Final November, information leaked that Pascal was “in talks” to steer the reboot. In the meantime, earlier that yr, Mila Kunis was compelled to close down rumours that she had been employed to play Sue Storm.