Michael B. Jordan recently wrote an op-ed piece for Entertainment Weekly regarding the controversy surrounding his casting in the upcoming film, "Fantastic Four," Us Weekly reports.

Jordan will play Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, in the film and many critics have slammed the idea of Jordan, an African-American actor, playing a traditionally Caucasian comic book character, Time reports.

Despite the backlash he's received, Jordan suggests in his op-ed piece, "Why I'm Torching the Color Line," he is proud to take on the role and provide a new face to the character.

Jordan also urged his critics to be more accepting of the director's creative choice to cast him since we realistically live in a diverse world.

"Some people may look at my casting as political correctness or an attempt to meet a racial quota, or as part of the year of 'Black Film.' Or they could look at it as a creative choice by the director, Josh Trank, who is in an interracial relationship himself -- a reflection of what a modern family looks like today," Jordan wrote.

"To the trolls on the Internet, I want to say: Get your head out of the computer . . . This is the world we live in."

Jordan's op-ed piece about embracing diversity in film follows Latina actress Michelle Rodriguez's controversial comments about minorities playing superhero roles.

Back in February, TMZ caught up with the "Fast & Furious" actress and asked whether she was taking on the role of the Green Lantern, to which she replied no. She then expressed her belief that minorities shouldn't play white superheroes.

"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard," Rodriguez said about playing the Green Lantern. "Because of this whole 'minorities in Hollywood' thing. ... It's so stupid. Stop stealing all the white people's superheroes. Make up your own."

Rodriguez has since apologized for her comments.