Posted on 01/30/2011 6:16:01 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures have found their new Man of Steel.
Deadline had been hearing for the past weeks that British actor Henry Cavill was the frontrunner for the much coveted Clark Kent/Superman role in this much anticipated reboot.
But as of last week, Warner Bros film chief Jeff Robinov hadn't seen Cavill's or the other screentests and made his decision in recent days. Repped by CAA, Cavill, known for his portrayal of Charles Brandon on Showtime's The Tudors, just wrapped production on The Cold Light of Day and stars in the upcoming Immortals opening this fall.
Directed by Tarsem Singh, Caville in Immortals plays the he-man Greek warrior Theseus who battles mythological gods including Poseidon, Zeus, Minotaur, and Herecles.
Given that set up, Warner Bros clearly has chosen a more macho leading man for Superman than the previous Brandon Routh or even Christopher Reeve.
"He's got an amazing quality. He doesn't look too much like Reeve and Routh but he's big and strong and he has a very modern feel to him," a Warner Bros exec just told us. "We're really going to try and make Superman as contemporary as possible."
And just like it did with Christian Bale in the Batman reboot, the studio has gone with a British actor.
In fact, Cavill also auditioned for the Batman role but lost out to Bale in 2005. He also was a contender for James Bond but was deemed too young and lost out to Daniel Craig.
Clearly, Cavill is a franchise waiting to happen. He also has a past with Superman.
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I haven’t kept up with Teri Hatcher. It seems most actors and actresses don’t do well after being in a Superman movie or TV series.
I don’t think I have seen any of the original black and white TV series actors in anything else. Of course George Reeves was dead not long after it ended.
Kristin Kreuk has tried to make it and I have seen her in a couple of totally forgettable roles. I suspect Tom Welling will do about the same when the series ends. Although I liked both Welling and Kreuk in “Smallville”, I am not sure either one is that good of an actor. They both are unusually attractive tho.
There is a “Superman Curse” everyone in who played superman ended up dead.
If I were a actor, I would stay away from playing “the man of steel”.
Kirk Alyn made it to the ripe age of 88, and I believe Dean Cain is still around...
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