Jason Segel Allegedly Playing The Thing in She-Hulk

With John Krasinski making his debut as Reed Richards in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, fans are asking questions on who the rest of the Fantastic Four will be. One rumor has recently come out that we’ll be meeting another member in the upcoming She-Hulk series.

As per The DisInsider (via OneTakeNews) Ben Grimm a.k.a. The Thing could be appearing in the She-Hulk series, and he’s going to be played by another sitcom star, Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall).

With his towering height and lovable persona, a lot of fans think that Segel is the perfect casting for Ben Grimm. With Marvel, I suspect that they’re going to have the character be completely CG, but I would love if they manage to give him a prosthetic suit like they did with Michael Chiklis in Fox’s Fantastic Four films.

It may also be funny that Segel should get cast as the Thing, because he has a scene in I Love You, Man where he gets into a fight with the original Hulk Lou Ferrigno in behalf of his friend Paul Rudd/Ant-Man:

Of course, nothing official has been confirmed, but Segel does seem like a great choice when it comes to casting. Hopefully he has some enthusiasm for the role, because I think he has more of a preference for independent, art films. You can even feel his lack of enthusiasm when it came to the final seasons of How I Met Your Mother.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law comes to Disney+ on Aug. 17.