Henry Cavill is Kal-El in ‘Superman’ Reboot
Deadline reports that British actor Henry Cavill, he of Showtime’s The Tudors, has been cast as The Man of Steel in Zack Snyder’s reboot of the Superman franchise. About Cavill, a Warner Bros. executive told Deadline, “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. We’re really going to try and make Superman as contemporary as possible.”
As it turns out, Cavill had previously been in the running for Batman/Bruce Wayne before Christian Bale landed the role in the now-classic Christopher Nolan franchise, was passed over for the role of James Bond because of his youthful look, and was heavily considered for the role of Superman when McG and Brett Ratner were helming what would eventually become Superman Returns, directed by Bryan Singer, and starring Brandon Routh as the titular hero.
Poor Brandon Routh.
Zack Snyder’s take on Superman will hit theaters in December 2012.
–Knize
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I think Routh did a good job as Clark Kent, though his Superman wasn’t anything spectacular. Then again, it’s not like he was given anything great to work with either
Routh’s Superman was so dull, he should have been thrilling. I could’ve had a V8.
And I still have Zero interest in a Superman movie.
Poor Routh indeed, wasn’t his fault.
^ He was pretty enjoyable on ‘Chuck’
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Regardless of how well or not this actor Henry Cavill does as Superman, Brandon Routh should have been cast at least once more as the Man of Steel. Mr.Routh was the quintessential Superman and Clark Kent as he played those roles to a T. Brandon Routh is a perfect Superman.
Given what he had to work with, I thought Routh did a decent enough job. I’d be curious to see what he could do given a proper Superman script.