Get ready for more reasonable discussions as Reg E. Cathey joins Fantastic Four
In what’s sure to spark only eminently civil conversation about the actor’s merits as a screen presence and nothing more, The Wire’s Reg E. Cathey (who currently has a recurring role on House Of Cards) is joining the cast of Fox’s rebooted Fantastic Four as Dr. Franklin Storm—father to former Wire co-star Michael B. Jordan’s Johnny Storm, as well as Kate Mara’s Sue Storm. We have faith in the warm, always-sensitive Internet community that the fact that Dr. Storm, like his son, will be portrayed by an African-American actor—despite being Caucasian in the comics—while his daughter will be played by a Caucasian actress, will all be treated merely as mildly interesting trivia, and won’t be subject to any hyberbolic complaints of any kind.