Geeks of Color, Trank revealed that he had previously envisioned black acting stars playing the lead roles in Fantastic Four.He said: ‘There [were] a lot of controversial conversations that were had behind-the-scenes… I was mostly interested in a black Sue Storm and a black Johnny Storm, and a black Franklin Storm.‘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 be.