Who should play the next Superman?

[lynnzop[$]]

Ashton Kutcher? Brendan Fraser? Chris Walken?

Too bad Cary Grant is dead. He really would have been a good choice.

What do you think? Who should play the next Man of Steel????

Lynn

[theworm[$]]

Gary Coleman

[lynnzop[$]]

[soxfan[$]]

Of the choices they give, I like Jude Law the best -- he's got the looks and the acting chops to pull it off. Tobey Maguire's too skinny and young, probably (and he's probably too busy playing that other superhero), but give him a few years and he'd make a great Clark Kent.

[anderclayton]

I think the blurb on Walken is hillarious! I agree totally with it. Maybe super-villain but definitely not superhero.

I'm not really sure. I think Fraser would be OK but doesn't really look like Superman. A lot of the others seem rather odd (when I heard Nic Cage would be playing him--before that fell through-- I was kinda baffled at it). I kinda go back and forth about Jude Law. I am a fan of his but am not sure if he looks right for the part.

I would say that they should go with a relative unknown personally...

Ander

[eplovejoy]

lynnzop said

Too bad Cary Grant is dead.

So I would go with the Cary Grant-ish Jeremy Northam. If not him, perhaps the kid from And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047248

Without that beard, he looks like Christopher Reeve.

[erik_kosberg]

Me. I could use the work. And it would give me a good incentive to work out more so that I’d look okay in tights. But is America ready for a Superman with salt and pepper hair?

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Middle Aged Man!

[CurtisEdmonds]

Law and Northam, while worthy sorts, are Brits. It is absolutely unthinkable that a Brit should play Superman.

I vote for Nathan Lane.

[emeleel]

CurtisEdmonds said

I vote for Nathan Lane.

Well, now. That would, um, certainly be an, um, interesting way to go. ULP.

[soxfan[$]]

CurtisEdmonds said

Law and Northam, while worthy sorts, are Brits. It is absolutely unthinkable that a Brit should play Superman.

But haven't both done American roles? Especially Law, who went to the Civil War in Cold Mountain and played a jazz-loving playboy in The Talented Mr. Ripley.

[drmomentum[$]]

I have to agree with Curtis. Superman can't be a Brit. Otherwise, Law might work.

pleasegodpleasegodpleasegodpleasegod not Matt Damon or Ben Affleck.

Patrick Warburton. That would be hilarious.

-JP

[lynnzop[$]]

drmomentum said

pleasegodpleasegodpleasegodpleasegod not Matt Damon or Ben Affleck.

...or Ben Stiller.

I was told Meet the Parents was one of the funniest movies around. I hated it.

Although he's skinny, I think Tobey McGuire could pull it off. Maybe it's the whole superhero by association thing.

What about Gov. Swartenagger? (don't dis me on spelling, you KNOW who I mean) Or has he completely given up on acting?

[emeleel]

Patrick Warburton - wouldn't that be more along the lines of "Duperman" instead?

[murasaki]

I think Brendan Fraser would be brilliant. He can do dorkiness (Encino Man, George of the Jungle), and he can do serious hero. I think he can pull off the switch.

[CurtisEdmonds]

soxfan said

But haven't both done American roles? Especially Law, who went to the Civil War in Cold Mountain and played a jazz-loving playboy in The Talented Mr. Ripley.

I am NOT saying that British actors can't play American roles and vice-versa. I AM saying that NO British actor should EVER play Superman.

[MrsNormanMaine[$]]

I heard somewhere that Jake Gyllenhaal had actually been cast. Has this been verified?

(And I would look at Patrick Wilson).

MNM !queen

[theeye]

I vote for MNM in the Lois Lane role.

[erik_kosberg]

Will Smith

Anybody but Wil Wheaton.

[icicleie]

I think Jake Gyllenhaal would make a dreadful superman - that is, if he has been cast. I'm not sure who would be fitting - all the A-list hollywooders are completely wrong for the role. They have the muscles, but not the persona...

Would anyone be a bit freaked out by the whole 'bad luck' superman thing? :fire: Personally, I don't believe in it, but it might deter the odd soul...

[anderclayton]

*grin* I couldn't really see Jake Gyllenhal as Superman. Maybe Spidey if Tobey McGuire opts out of it (I have heard something about McGuire not wanting to do another one) but not Superman.

The British thing is possibly what made me a bit iffy about Law but it is probably more of the facial characteristics...

The ability to play a somewhat comic, bumbling suit seems in fairly short supply right now...

Ummmm... Wild suggestion... Billy Cradup? Shrug. I like him anyhow

Ander

[frazzledspice]

"Macbeth" is never performed because many believe the productions are cursed.

Except for "Poltergeist," in which two of the children died suddenly--one murdered by her ex-boyfriend, the other during emergency surgery--I can't imagine a role whose actors have suffered tragedies more than Superman.

George Reeves committed suicide.
Christopher Reeve became a quadriplegic following a horseback-riding accident.

I don't think I'm overly superstitious, but I wouldn't want anyone I liked to assume the role of Superman.

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

frazzledspice said

"George Reeves committed suicide.
Christopher Reeve became a quadriplegic following a horseback-riding accident.

I don't think I'm overly superstitious, but I wouldn't want anyone I liked to assume the role of Superman.

My thoughts exactly!

[brian_igo]

But what if the curse is on the last name of Reeve/Reeves? Hmmmmm....

Jack Black would make a fine Superman...and no curse.