User blog comment:Gemnist/Fantastic Four Cast REVEALED!/@comment-1895174-20140223025705/@comment-1895174-20140223204438

Not to knock the casting of Jordan as the Human Torch, but if they were to change the race of any of the four, Ben Grimm would make the most sense. Because of his backstory. He's an astronaut and superhero now, but grew up in a really rough, inner-city neighborhood and ran with a gang. Here in the US, people in that situation are disproportionately African-American. Whenever you hear from an African-American actor cast in a major superhero movie, especially when he's portraying a character who isn't known as a black character, they always say how their role gives young black kids someone to aspire to (even if their character isn't a hero). Who better to aspire to than Ben Grimm?

And since we know FOX let Bryan Singer make mutant rights in his X-Men movies an allegory for gay rights, maybe they could let the public's lack of acceptance for Ben Grimm be an allegory for racism. Dare I say it makes more sense for Ben Grimm to be African-American.