The one-time replacement for the Human Torch has a strange origin story
Deleted scene: HERBIE cameo in Fantastic Four | Fantastic Four (2005)
by Michael McWhertor
Marvel Studios revealed the cast of its Fantastic Four movie on Wednesday, confirming Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Marvel's First Family. But another member of the team is also apparently coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: HERBIE, the Fantastic Four's robot sidekick, who has an unusual origin story.
In the casting poster for The Fantastic Four, The Thing is served a cuppa joe by a small white-and-blue robot that appears to be HERBIE.
