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Well, talk about opposite ends of the spectrum… the word is that Bryan Singer wanted to make a statement with the upcoming Superman 5, casting someone in the role who is either a openly or closeted gay man, in the hopes of creating a role model for those folks.
On the other side we have Warner Brothers which wants James Caviezel, who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, no doubt wanting to cash in on the success of that film.
Caviezel (who seems to be a lock for the role) would be an interesting choice since the Superman story has had some parallels with Christ: Being sent here from somewhere “not-Earth”, more perfect and powerful than we are, and in the “Death of Superman” storyline, Superman was even resurrected from the dead.
At the risk of stepping on toes, I’m siding with WB on this one.
Source: Comic Book Resources
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Right this minute, I can’t think of any actor I would like to see play superman. Why are they re-making it again? Are they going to fool around with the real story? Goof up our hero? Make him political? What?
I’m mad already.
Not a good sign……
The latest script prior to Singer taking on the project was AWFUL from what I’d read. Lex Luthor was going to be an alien, Superman’s costume was going to be the source of his powers, etc.
My understanding is that they’re starting from scratch again, and I’d hoped that they would be true to the original story and concepts.
Now I’m starting to worry just a wee bit.
Vic
I can see this working. Having an actor who has already played the Son of the Almighty, he won’t get typecasted forever as Superman.
As for this gay thing, what is hollywood’s obsession with homosexuality? (That’s more rhetoric than curiousity). I mean, I can’t turn on the TV without seeing anything homosexual or advertisements for it. I don’t this great big anti-gay movement starting anytime soon. When you start shoving this in people’s faces, they will turn away and with enough persistence, overexposure will do far more harm than good.
Yup, can you say “backlash”?
Vic