Fantastic Four Director Says He Got 'Heavy Pushback' for Wanting Black Actress as Sue Storm

" was a commercial and critical failure and the film's director revealed one of the first signs of trouble for the Marvel comic book adaptation., Josh Trank opened up about his vision to have the character of Sue Storm played by a Black actress and the response from production was less than positive.

"'Maybe it'll be Margot Robbie,' or something like that," he continued."But when it came down to it, I found a lot of pretty heavy pushback on casting a Black woman in that role.", a Black actor, had been cast as Johnny Storm, Sue's brother. The"Chronicle" helmer then said he regrets not holding his position.

TooFab TMZ NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR YOU TO STOP LETTING PEOPLE POST OVERTLY RACIST COMMENTS ON YOUR WEBSITE!!

TooFab There were more issues than the casting...the story was terrible no relationship with the comic source

TooFab That’s cause it isn’t the source material. Make a new black character if you want

TooFab This guy woke after his movies bomb. LOL From here on out when a movie bombs, blame racism.

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TooFab The movie was a pile of horseshit, maybe be emassased about that?

TooFab wheres your story for david dorn

TooFab Well everything isn’t always about people of color, this obvious over-the-top constant virtue signaling after a while becomes nauseating .

TooFab He should be embarrassed for the movie. It was shit.

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'Fantastic Four' director says studio vetoed plans to cast a black woman as Sue StormThe 'Capone' director said he wanted to cast a black actress as Sue Storm in 2015's 'Fantastic Four,' but received 'pretty heavy pushback' on the matter. Why are they afraid of the backlash? Lucky her Wut ?!
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‘Fantastic Four’ Director Pitched a Black Sue Storm, but Got ‘Heavy Pushback’Josh Trank, director of the 2015 reboot of “Fantastic Four,” has revealed that he wanted to cast a Black actress as the superhero Sue Storm, but got “heavy pushback.” Kate M… You can find the full interview with FirstCutTMO ! I am sick of this news. Its been 4 days i am continuously seeing it. Mr. tank, its better that black actress wasn't casted because this decision saved her from massive disappointment which could have been her career killer. It would have made a lot more sense than having Sue white and Johnny black. The need to re-colour characters is tiresome though.
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