Fan Casting Ivan Kragoff in Fantastic Four (2023)

Ivan Kragoff was born in Leningrad, in what was at the time the Soviet Union. Before becoming the Red Ghost, he was a Soviet scientist bent on beating the Americans to the Moon and claiming it for the Communist empire. He assembled a crew of three trained primates — Mikhlo the gorilla, Igor the baboon, and Peotor the orangutan — which he subjected to specialized training regimens. Kragoff knew of the Fantastic Four's history, and deliberately designed his rocket to give his crew superpowers via cosmic rays. Kragoff gained the ability to become intangible and invisible, Mikhlo became superhumanly strong and durable, Igor gained the ability to shapeshift and could transform into nearly anything, and Peotor gained the ability to attract and repulse objects; they became The Red Ghost and his Super Apes.