Michael Chiklis Mad About Superhero "The Thing"

"Fantastic Four" actor Michael Chiklis confessed he was very excited when he found out he was chosen to play superhero The Thing, arguing he always believed this character was the strongest and coolest one.

Michael confessed he was mad about the comic books and heroes since childhood, but The Thing was his favorite.

He says, "The Thing was my favorite. Honesty. I used to go to this news stand in New Hampshire where my father had a little fishing boat. We'd go fishing. My father would give me and my brother a roll of quarters and we would go nuts in the arcades there.

"But I always used to save a couple of quarters so I could buy a couple of comics. I'd always get the Fantastic Four, Thor and Iron Man and if I did have enough money left over, I'd get a Spiderman."

Chiklis also confessed he was thrilled when he realized he's an icon now for the comic books fans. "There were 40-year-old men coming up to me in homemade Thing costumes. I'd never seen anything like it."