Sue Storm actor Vanessa Kirby voices her interest in bringing the Invisible Woman‘s dark alter ego to the MCU after The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Kirby’s Sue Storm is undeniably a focal character in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, being the hero who convinces the world to join forces against Galactus. After her remarkable role in the team’s debut movie, Sue may continue to hold the spotlight.

In an interview with Variety, Vanessa Kirby reveals she’s “dying to do Malice”. Kirby finds Sue Storm’s backstory appealing and believes the darker aspects of the Invisible Woman’s comic book lore should be explored in the MCU. One of these details is the true extent of Sue Storm’s powers, which she could weaponize as the villain Malice. Read Vanessa Kirby’s full quote:

“I’m dying to do Malice. She’s come from a really tough background. She lost her mother in a car crash. Her dad tried to save her mother. He couldn’t. He then spiraled, became an alcoholic, got locked up in prison for murdering a loan shark, and then died. Sue had to become a mother to Johnny. They were orphans. They had to fight for themselves. What I loved about her was that she chose a path that was inherently a positive one. She chose to keep her heart open and to stay warm. The Future Foundation, for me, wasn’t a noble political act, but it seemed to me that it’s Sue’s nature.

There was a line within a scene that isn’t in it anymore with Mole Man – who I absolutely love. I’m so excited that we might get to do more with him if we get to do any more of this, because Paul [Walter Hauser] is amazing. But in it, she said something like, “I could give you an aneurysm if I wanted to in two seconds.” In the comics, Sue uses that threat quite a lot: “I could put a force field in your brain and give you an aneurysm. I could put an air bubble inside of you and kill you in an instant.” These powers are also really lethal and really dangerous. But these four have chosen to unite the global community and be a force for good. But they could also choose to be a force for bad. I love the concept of choice, not just, “Oh, we’re superheroes, that’s who we are.”

She’s made this decision, but at her fingertips, she could be lethal. It felt so real to me that somebody that’s trying to be a force for good also has the capacity, like we all do, for the light and the dark.

I’m sorry, I’m such a Sue nerd. There was something so allegorical about her. She was called Invisible Girl. Then Psycho-Man comes and disrupts everything, and she has a meeting with her own dark side in Malice. She comes back, and she renames herself Invisible Woman. So she transforms from a girl to a woman. There’s something about meeting the hardest parts of yourself in Malice that felt extremely poignant to me. I’m really hopeful I might be allowed to be Malice at some point for her.”

What Vanessa Kirby’s Malice Comments Mean For Sue Storm

The Invisible Woman’s Malice Arc Has Never Been Explored On Screen

In Marvel Comics, Malice is the dark persona that awakens within Sue Storm when she’s pushed to extreme emotional limits. Malice is driven by rage, but her transformation can also be activated by an external force. Either way, Malice reflects Sue’s suppressed frustrations. As she says in her debut appearance, Sue Storm grows tired of her innocent appearance and lets out all her pent-up anger.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ critical and commercial success opens the door for a deeper dive into each team member’s comic book lore. Previous Fantastic Four movies weren’t successful, which led to the characters’ origins being revisited multiple times. Now in the MCU, the Fantastic Four’s future stories could delve into Sue Storm’s Malice persona and Reed Richards’ more questionable experiments, for example.

Vanessa Kirby’s take on Sue Storm is markedly more intense and emotionally layered than past portrayals. Kirby’s Invisible Woman is visibly hardened by the sacrifices she’s already made, including her sacrifice saving Franklin Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ ending. This characterization makes the idea of a Malice turn far more plausible within the MCU.

Our Take On Vanessa Kirby’s Malice Comments

Sue Storm’s Malice Arc May Take A While To Arrive

Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars will expand the Fantastic Four’s presence in the MCU significantly. Both crossover events will add more to the Fantastic Four’s story than any of the team’s previous solo movies. After Avengers: Secret Wars, Sue Storm will have the chance to bond with, clash against, or lose people who will shape her future in the franchise’s next saga.

Sue Storm’s transformation into Malice typically stems from overwhelming trauma or manipulation, meaning the MCU would need to set up a similarly devastating emotional trigger. So far, Sue has survived every major threat, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps showed her fierce maternal instinct. If Marvel Studios plans to adapt her Malice arc, Sue Storm’s break likely won’t happen until after the Multiverse Saga concludes.

Source: Variety