Anita Bennett editorJosh Trank says he wanted to cast a black actress as Sue Storm in the 2015 film Fantastic Four, but the studio vetoed his plan.The director recently discussed the casting of the superhero film during a virtual video interview with Geeks of Color.
He told the outlet he had specific plans for the cast, but got “pushback” from the studio.“There were a lot of controversial conversations that were had behind-the-scenes on that.
I was mostly interested in a black Sue Storm, a black Johnny Storm and a black Franklin Storm,” Trank stated. “But when you’re dealing with a studio on a massive movie like that, everybody wants to keep an open mind to who the big stars are going to be.” He said that open mind did not include having a.
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