Fantastic Four: Director wanted Christina Aguilera to Play Sue Storm

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Sean Astin, best known for portraying Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, revealed during the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con earlier this month that he came close to directing the superhero ensemble flick before Tim Story took the helm. Things very nearly panned out in Astin's favor, with Rupert Murdoch apparently digging Astin's script that he pitched and 20th Century Fox executive Tom Rothman seriously considering him for the gig after hearing his ideas — which were certainly interesting.

Collider had the full, 12-minute video of Astin hinting at what his version of Fantastic Four would have been like, and chronicling the journey he took trying to score the directing job.

Astin wanted either singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera or actress Cameron Diaz to portray Sue Storm, also known as Invisible Woman, but Diaz wasn't keen on the idea of spending hours in a make-up chair. He had his fingers crossed for Michael Chiklis to play Thing (which he actually wound up doing in Story's take on the Fantastic Four property) and lobbied hard for him to take the role when the two went to a boxing match together. Astin even crossed paths with Chris Columbus, who was eyed to direct Fantastic Four at one point, and eventual Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige on his road to the director's seat.