Jessica Alba as Invisible Woman
Chris Evans was the star of the first Fantastic Four movies, but it wasn't just because his character was the coolest, so to speak. According to Jessica Alba, director Tim Story sidelined her character, transforming Sue Storm into the films’ dim-witted blond eye-candy.
In the comics, Sue played the role of damsel in distress plenty of times, but she was more than just a cardboard cut-out. She had a tragic backstory, and proved that comic books could explore some hefty themes, including the loss of a child.
Jessica Alba may have had it in her, and it’s possible that she could have expressed some powerful emotions. However, the movies forgot that Sue was actually a complex character, and 20th Century Fox rebooted the franchise and succeeded in making an even bigger mess.
