--- description: In an Entertainment Weekly op-ed Michael B. Jordan responds to Internet trolls who don't think he looks like Johnny Storm the Human Torch title: Michael B. Jordan Slams Trolls Who Say a Black Man Can't Play Johnny Storm image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47f43849c05a92ae/69885177f887dc0e89e909b8/johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael B. Jordan Slams Internet Trolls Who Say a Black Man Can't Play Johnny Storm  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 23, 2015 12:56 PM CUT  20th Century Fox  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 23, 2015 12:56 PM CUT Actor Michael B. Jordan, who will play Johnny Storm—aka The Human Torch—in the upcoming _Fantastic Four_ movie, is firing back at online commenters who did not think he looked the part because he is black and the character has blond hair and blue eyes in the comic book. Jordan wrote an [op-ed published Friday on _Entertainment Weekly’s_ website](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/22/michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four-race "undefined"): --- > “” --- The movie is set to be released in theaters on Aug. 7, 2015. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3895055/michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four-internet-trolls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3895055/michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four-internet-trolls/"},"headline":"Michael B. Jordan Slams Internet Trolls Who Say a Black Man Can't Play Johnny Storm","datePublished":"2015-05-23T12:56:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:14.520Z","description":"\"To the trolls on the Internet, I want to say: Get your head out of the computer\"","url":"https://time.com/3895055/michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four-internet-trolls/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47f43849c05a92ae/69885177f887dc0e89e909b8/johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47f43849c05a92ae/69885177f887dc0e89e909b8/johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four","caption":"johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four","creditText":"20th Century Fox","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3895055/michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four-internet-trolls/","name":"Michael B. Jordan Slams Internet Trolls Who Say a Black Man Can't Play Johnny Storm"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Fantastic Four Trailer","description":"Fantastic Four Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sCGUn9Ni/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-19T23:57:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sCGUn9Ni.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3895055/michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four-internet-trolls/","duration":"PT2M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3895055/michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four-internet-trolls/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```