The Thing and Ebon Credit: Marvel / Imago

Ebon Moss-Bachrach takes his method acting very seriously.
And as part of training for his new Marvel movie The Fantastic Four, Ebon has been getting his rocks off in quarries where he lives – all part of his attempt to really feel the part.
“Yeah, I’m playing Ben Grimm, who becomes The Thing, who’s a man encased in rock. So, I’ve just been looking at rocks,” Ebon told the Daily Show:
As a born-again geologist, Ebon will almost certainly now be invited to all those celebrity parties where he’ll be able to show everyone how to rock.

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