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Sometimes seen as one of the lesser members of Marvel’s Fantastic Four, The Invisible Woman — AKA Sue Storm, or Sue Richards after she married Mr. Fantastic — is getting her time in the spotlight when she returns to the big screen this summer. In fact, the MCU Invisible Woman might be the most forward-thinking cinematic version of the character to date, despite the movie’s 1960s period setting.

“If you played an exact '60s Sue today, everyone would think she was a bit of a doormat," Vanessa Kirby told Entertainment Weekly about her character. "So figuring out how to capture the essence of what she represented to each generation, where the gender politics were different, and embody that today, was one of the greatest joys of this."

Director Matt Shakman says that Sue — who’ll be the head of the Future Foundation in the movie, a group that has helped lead efforts of global demilitarization and bringing about world peace — is intended to be in every way Reed Richards’ equal in her new cinematic incarnation.

"If he is the most scientifically intelligent person, then she is the most emotionally intelligent person on the planet," Shakman teases. "Between the two of them, they're building an idealistic society."

The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be in theaters July 25.

Keep up to date on Popverse's Marvel coverage, with these highlights:

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• The biggest outstanding questions of the Marvel Studios' movies & TV shows
• Donald Trump is the landlord for Marvel's House of Ideas
• Marvel Studios swapping out Doctor Doom for Kang offers the chance to jettison the Multiverse Saga
• What Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige is saying (and not saying) about the MCU X-Men franchise says a lot about the future of the Mutant Saga
• If Marvel is going to bring Loki back for Secret Wars, it's time to give him an upgrade
• In 2021, Sony's boss said people won't miss Spider-Man in its Spider-adjacent movie. Turns out, they do.