Emma Stone would have been approached by Marvel to play the Invisible Woman in “The Fantastic 4”, but the Oscar-winning actress would have claimed too high a salary for the House of Ideas…
Marvel is actively looking for actors who will embody the new generation of Fantastic Four. The website Deadline recently announced that Emma Stone had been approached by House of Ideas to play the Invisible Woman (thus sweeping the name of Jodi Comer who had previously been circulating for the role of Jane Storm). The studio would indeed like a renowned actress to play the main female role.
But the Oscar-winning actress in 2017 for her role in La La Land by Damien Chazelle would have finally refused.
According to Jeff Sneider, who presents the show The Hot Mic PodcastEmma Stone demanded a salary of $ 20 million, an amount that Marvel would have refused to pay.
The journalist says that the actress was open to the proposal but not ready to reduce her salary. According to him, Marvel is not ready to pay such a price because the studio wants to make sure there is enough money for the whole cast.
Jeff Sneider thus explains that Adam Driver, still considered for the role of Mr Fantastic, would have lower salary claims than that of Emma Stone, which confirms, still according to the latter, the idea that Marvel seeks to distribute salaries actors fairly.
SND Emma Stone in La La Land
Still significant wage differences
As a reminder, in 2017, Emma Stone was the highest paid actress in the world with 26 million dollars according to the ranking of the American magazine Forbes (with 2 films in theaters: La La Land and Battle of the Sexes).
Figures well below the salary of Mark Wahlberg, who took the lead in the ranking of the highest paid actors with 68 million dollars. The actor appeared in 2017 in Transformers: The Last Knight, Very Bad Dads 2 and All the Money in the World.
We do not know the budget planned by Marvel for its new iteration of the fantastic 4 that will be directed by Matt Shakman, but as a reminder, Scarlett Johansson was paid $ 20 million for Black Widow.
The Fantastic 4 is already dated February 12, 2025. Emma Stone will be showing, from October 11, Poor Things by Yórgos Lánthimos, a rereading of Frankenstein.