Robert Redford, Christian Bale and Joe Manganiello are some of the actors who almost played Superman on the big screen.
The list of actors who have brought Superman to life on the big screen it is short, but undoubtedly select. In the last six decades, only three performers –Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh Y henry cavill– have worn the suit of the heir of kryptonian and defended to smallville while they hide their powers under the identity of the reporter Clark Kent. However, Reeve, Routh and Cavill were not the only actors considered to embody the mythical dc comics hero. In fact, the list of Actors who almost played Superman in the movies it is almost as long as it is varied and, in some cases, bizarre.
5 Actors Who Almost Played Superman In The Movies
The role of Superman It is one of the most coveted in hollywood since Warner Bros. Pictures announced the first film adaptation based on the creation of jerry siegel Y Joe Shuster.
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Beyond the supposed damn who follows his actors after hanging up the cape of the Kryptonian hero, playing Clark Kent and his alter ego is an honor that everyone wants. And for which many, from established actors to fame-hungry newbies, compete and audition at the slightest provocation.
here five Famous Actors Who Almost Played Superman in any of its celluloid versions.
Dustin Hoffman-Superman
In the 1970s, after plans to make a superman movie they set off, DC Comics sent the production a list of actors they considered suitable for the lead role.
Those selected included names such as Al Pacino, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, charles bronson, burt reynolds, James Caan, Jon Voight, Sam Elliott, Steve McQueen, nick nolte Y Dustin Hoffmann, this last direct from the success of ‘Todos los hombres del presidente’. According to rumors, the conversations with the actor advanced until Hoffman confessed that he was not interested in giving life to Superman or his villain, Lex Luthora role that the production also offered him.
Robert Redford-Superman
Another of the actors who said “no” to becoming the Superman of Richard Donner it was robert redfordone of the biggest stars in Hollywood at the time and curious companion of Hoffman in ‘All the President’s Men’.
Although her casting has never been publicly addressed as Supermaninsiders in the film industry point out that the actor was about to be everyone’s favorite kyrptonian. However, not being able to reach an economic arrangement, nor having a completely finished script, made it impossible to hire him.
Nicolas Cage – Superman Lives
In the nineties, almost a decade after the end of the franchise of Superman starring Christopher Reeve, Warner Bros. Pictures stated its intentions to revive the character on the big screen. For this, as anyone would have done, they asked for the support of Tim Burtonwho had led Batman to cinematic glory.
For years, a script that took up Superman’s death It was in pre-production. Designs were drawn, costume fittings were conducted and one actor even donned the mythical costume of Superman: Nicolas Cage, fan of the character and recent Oscar winner for his work in ‘Goodbye to Las Vegas’. Unfortunately, the project was never finished and was canceledpreventing Superman Lives – as the film was called, which even presented a teaser poster in theaters – “lived”.
Christian Bale – Batman v Superman
At the beginning of the new millennium, when Superman Y Batman seemed to have lost steam on the big screen, Warner Bros. Pictures commissioned an ambitious project that would find the two great heroes of DC Comics for the first time in the cinema.
The first version of batman v superman –the one that ‘I Am Legend’ would mock in a spectacular years later– would be directed by wolfgang petersen and would have the work of Christian bale in the role of Clark Kent. Although things did not go as expected and the script was saved, Bale continued in Warner’s mind. Years later, fortunately, movie lovers could see him in the costume of a comic book hero, only this would not be The Man of Steelotherwise The Dark Knight.
Joe Manganiello – Man of Steel
Before zack snyder decided to hire henry cavill to play Superman in the cinematographic universe that he would create with the characters of DC Comicsthere was another actor who was around the character: Joe Manganiellowho had gained notoriety after his work on the series ‘True Blood’.
Manganiello held talks with producers, did camera tests and almost signed on to play the Kryptonian hero. Nevertheless, her commitments to the HBO series prevented her from committing and she moved on from the character. Years later, the actor entered the DCEU In the role of deathstroke.
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