Fantastic Four: Michael B. Jordan Seemingly Confirms Human Torch Role, Says Critics Will

Hounded from his car by paparazzi photographers, newly-minted Human Torch Michael B. Jordan seemingly confirmed the as-yet-unofficial reports that he’d been cast, thanking a TMZ reporter who congratulated him on the role without any attempt to correct the claim that Jordan will play the hot-headed hero in director Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four.

Pressed on the issue of racebending Johnny Storm–a choice that’s upset some hardcore comic book fans and of course some people who just don’t like it and will hide behind fidelity to the source material–Jordan was dismissive, saying that those critics will see the movie regardless.

Earlier this week, a report leaked suggesting that the Fantastic Four had been fully cast–and that Jordan would be joined by Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Kate Mara as Sue Storm and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm/The Thing. Mara first evaded and then later seemingly confirmed the rumors.

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