Some
fans are on the fence in regards to the cast of Michael B. Jordan as
Johnny Storm, aka Human Torch in director Josh Trank's reboot of the
Fantastic Four.
In
a recent interview to Source Magazine, the actor revealed some new
tidbits of information about his casting process, the character, and
Chris Evans, who played the role in Fantastic Four (2005), and
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).
Jordan
was first asked if he felt relieved being able to publicly talk about
the project.
“Oh
man! A huge relief. It was like…walking around knowing that for
like a year since me and Josh Trank, we talked about this when he
first got the job. It’s something that we tried to make happen. We
knew we had a lot of obstacles in the way and a lot of mountains to
move but, you know, for whatever reason things just fell into place
and … [20th Century] Fox believed in the situation and believed in
me and yeah, we got it done. So that’s definitely something that me
and Josh [Trank] celebrated at the wrap. We were just like we did
it."
The actor was also queried about his experience playing Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch.
"Yeah
man it's been a lot of fun. Johnny Storm is such an iconic character.
There’s a lot of personality traits and things to him that people
are really going to look forward to seeing. Got a lot of original
Johnny stuff in there and then you have – not a NEW take but a
fresh take. We have a different take on different things as well. I
could go on and on about it but I think it’s something that people
will enjoy."
Jordan also reveals that Chris Evans, who previously played the character gave him some advice.
"Nah.
It is a reboot you know, it’s its own thing. It’s its own origins
story. I did get a chance to talk to Chris [Evans] about it, I met
him at this event and he was basically like, “Man I can’t give
you anything.” He said, “You’re great, you’re awesome. Just
do your thing. And enjoy it. It’s gonna be fun.” That was just a
really cool piece of information, words of encouragement from the guy
who killed the role. He really did a really great job and hats off to
him with how talented he is cause he’s doing an amazing job with
“Captain America.” I really enjoy those films as well so that’s
kind of pretty much where that was."
Fantastic
Four hits theaters on June 19, 2015.
Source
– The Source Magazine
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