Screen Rant

Fantastic Four 2 introduces a bunch of new characters including Andre Braugher's Hager. 1 / 7

Hager is an army general that warns the FF of Silver Surfer's arrival. 2 / 7

In the FF2 DVD commentary, director, Tim Story, reveals Hager was originally Nick Fury. 3 / 7

However, Fox would've had to purchase the rights to the character from Marvel. 4 / 7

Marvel were planning their MCU at the time, and penciled Nick Fury in for a solo movie. 5 / 7

Andre Braugher as Nick Fury would've certainly improved Fantastic Four 2. 6 / 7

But the MCU wouldn't be the same without the character. 7 / 7