Many people don't know this, but before the Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007, starring Ioan Gruffudd and Jessica Alba, there was the 1994 film, directed by Roger Corman, starring Rebecca Staab (Invisible Girl), Michael Bailey Smith (Thing), Jay Underwood (Human Torch), and English actor Alex Hyde-White (Mr Fantastic).
The making of this movie is actually much more interesting then the movie itself.
In the early 1990's, Constantin Films were going to lose the rights to the Fantastic Four unless production on a feature film went ahead. They didn't have $40 million to play with, so they did it for cheap, without ever intending the film to be released. Funny thing was, Constatin Films didn't tell the crew about their intentions. So the end result is a Straight-To-Shelf movie, which you can only get by download from the internet, or by purchase from ebay.
The movie wasn't all bad. The story stayed relatively close to the comics, and the actors did fairly well in the roles.
As for Alex Hyde-White, he was passable as Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic, but the special effects didn't help.
After the film was made, Alex went on to various other projects, such as Pretty Woman, Days Of Our Lives, and on the Celebrity Golf circuit. Much more information can be obtained from his official website.
As for the autograph, once again it was a simple "through the mail" response. A wonderful 8x10 black & white of Alex Hyde-White as Mr Fantastic. What's nice is he inscribed it to me "Fantastically Yours".
Great guy!
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