Set Photos: The Thing In "Fantastic Four" - Dark Horizons
Set Photos: The Thing In "Fantastic Four" - Dark Horizons
https://www.darkhorizons.com/set-photos-the-thing-in-fantastic-four/
The 2005 “Fantastic Four” film saw Michael Chiklis in a full body suit to bring Ben Grimm’s The Thing incarnation on screen entirely practically. The 2015 reboot however had Jamie Bell’s character done entirely as a CG effect. Now the first video is out of Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s The Thing filming scenes for Matt Shakman’s upcoming […]
It’s not clear if this is the actor in the suit or a stand-in in make-up for reference. Previously the actor revealed in a Jimmy Kimmel Live interview that it wasn’t going to be a suit like the Chiklis version and likely would be fully CG.
Looking at the short seven-second clip that was posted to X/Twitter/The Bad Place, I reckon It's either a stuntman or, as the site mentions, a lighting reference.