Fan Casting Himself in Raja Gosnell's Fantastic Four

The late-night icon appears in a pivotal sequence where Johnny Storm sits for an interview on the Late Show. Letterman plays a heightened version of his public persona—dry, sarcastic, delighted by chaos. He shuffles photos of the Fantastic Four, makes cracks about Reed's stretching abilities ("And that, I take it, is because of his ability to expand. To... any length"), and asks Johnny if Sue runs around "butt-nekkid" when invisible. With his signature smirk—half-admiring, half-skeptical—Letterman treats the FF as both heroes and punchlines. His presence grounds the film's absurdity in recognizable 2001 pop culture.