# Superman cast! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584 "2011-01-31T01:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/21 "2011-01-31T15:45:55Z")
Lois needs to be played by an actress who can do tough and smart. One of the boys, but still her own woman. I hope they get the costume colors right this time. The last movie would’ve still sucked with a great costume, but still, maroon is not red. And the cape shouldn’t look as plasticity as a shower curtain. There needs to be lots of action. Too much action. Every Superman film comes up short on this, and it makes no sense these days when we’ve got the special effects to capture super heroics and city-wide brawls. Superman has to punch somebody as well. Has to. Throw one of his superpowered villains at him, put Luthor in his armor, anything. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/22 "2011-01-31T16:02:19Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > There needs to be lots of action. Too much action. Every Superman film comes up short on this, and it makes no sense these days when we’ve got the special effects to capture super heroics and city-wide brawls. Superman has to punch somebody as well. Has to. Throw one of his superpowered villains at him, put Luthor in his armor, anything. That’s why I think Snyder is a good director for this. He LOVES to direct epic, iconic action - 300, Watchmen, the upcoming Sucker Punch. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/23 "2011-01-31T16:16:01Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > Nobody wants to see Superman kill a cougar. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/24 "2011-01-31T16:22:15Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Christopher Reeve was capable of projecting immense physical strength without being all that bulky. He was? I always thought his Superman looked like he was dressed for the Greenwich Village Hallowe’en Parade. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/25 "2011-01-31T16:26:07Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > 😕 In one of Cuthbert’s infamous scenes in “24”, her side story finds her wandering around the hills of California and runs into a cougar that she has to fight off. It was a clear sign that the writers completely ran out of things to fit into the show, or what to do with her storyline. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/26 "2011-01-31T16:29:59Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > It’s not a matter of muscles, it’s how he holds himself. Christopher Reeve was capable of projecting immense physical strength without being all that bulky. True, he wasn’t really bulky, but he was kind of a big guy. According to his IMDB, he was 6’4. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/27 "2011-01-31T16:37:37Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Okay, so who do we want for Lois Lane? I’m thinking the role is more like Ellen Page or Anna Paquin. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/28 "2011-01-31T16:45:47Z")
Shouldn’t Lois be closer to 30, or even 35? Are they losing her mysteriously-parented super-kid? Lois is someone who has been around the block a time or two – she can’t be – what was Bosworth, 23 years old? Margot Kidder was, like, 29 when she was cast. Yes, Reeve was very tall but also very skinny. But he had that _face_ – I mean he actually _looked_ like Superman. He worked out but they didn’t have enough time for him to get very bulky (did they try to shoot the Clark Kent scenes first to allow for this? I forget). But there’s also the argument that Superman doesn’t _need_ to have huge muscles anyway – he’s Superman! He can lift airplanes! As long as the actor has a certain build and bulks up at least a little… ah, heck. He’ll _still_ never be Christopher Reeve. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/29 "2011-01-31T16:53:49Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > But he had that _face_ – I mean he actually _looked_ like Superman. He worked out but they didn’t have enough time for him to get very bulky (did they try to shoot the Clark Kent scenes first to allow for this? I forget). True. This was one of the problems (among many) with Routh. Yeah, he did sorta have that look. If he were to dress up as Superman for Halloween, you’d be impressed. But, overall I thought he was too babyfaced and too emo-looking, and, unlike Reeve, did a pretty piss-poor job of projecting strength. He looks like he’d top out at maybe 150, soaking wet and holding a barbell. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/30 "2011-01-31T17:07:19Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > True. This was one of the problems (among many) with Routh. Yeah, he did sorta have that look. If he were to dress up as Superman for Halloween, you’d be impressed. But, overall I thought he was too babyfaced and too emo-looking, and, unlike Reeve, did a pretty piss-poor job of projecting strength. He looks like he’d top out at maybe 150, soaking wet and holding a barbell. Plus, he had this whiny, nasal voice. I’d say the voice is as important as the look. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/31 "2011-01-31T17:07:49Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Ann Hathaway She’s playing Catwoman in the next Batman movie. It would be too confusing, especially with Christopher Nolan in charge of both movies. Otherwise, I’d say she’d be a decent choice. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/32 "2011-01-31T17:09:23Z")
Erica Durance. Yes yes I know that Smallville no doubt has killed her chances, but her interpretation of Lois Lane is so much more in line with the character Siegel and Shuster created. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/33 "2011-01-31T17:20:20Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > True. This was one of the problems (among many) with Routh. Yeah, he did sorta have that look. If he were to dress up as Superman for Halloween, you’d be impressed. But, overall I thought he was too babyfaced and too emo-looking, and, unlike Reeve, did a pretty piss-poor job of projecting strength. He looks like he’d top out at maybe 150, soaking wet and holding a barbell. I always think the problem was that Superman should look like an _adult,_ and Routh looked like a boy to me. Plus the super-stalker script elements. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/34 "2011-01-31T17:27:51Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Shouldn’t Lois be closer to 30, or even 35? Are they losing her mysteriously-parented super-kid? Lois is someone who has been around the block a time or two – she can’t be – what was Bosworth, 23 years old? Margot Kidder was, like, 29 when she was cast. > > Yes, Reeve was very tall but also very skinny. But he had that _face_ – I mean he actually _looked_ like Superman. Yes, actually Routh did a good Supes. It was bad writing (Sups lifts a island made of Kyrptonite, and turns into"super-stalker" for a while), a horrendously bad Lois (way too young, bad acting too), and Super-kid that made the re-make into such a bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/35 "2011-01-31T17:42:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > She’s playing Catwoman in the next Batman movie. It would be too confusing, especially with Christopher Nolan in charge of both movies. Otherwise, I’d say she’d be a decent choice. ``` Confusing? Not as much as Ryan Reynolds being Wade Wilson/Deadpool, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, and Hannibal King. ``` ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/36 "2011-01-31T17:45:19Z")
See – I don’t know about Hathaway as Catwoman, but I’m sure she could do a great job as Lois Lane. Hathaway has that flat, nasal voice, and I tend to think of Catwoman as curvy, seductive… _girly_. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/37 "2011-01-31T17:58:41Z")
Well, _if_ this movie works and _if_ it can generate a timely sequel, I figure it’ll be the best opportunity to introduce Wonder Woman _if_ they’re still serious about eventually giving that character a movie of her own. I’d guess it’d be safest to give her a major supporting role first, and the possibility of a romantic triangle with Superman/Lois/WW has story potential. Besides, I figure it’s also time for the DC movies to seriously consider a tie-in strategy, as Marvel is doing with its _Avenger_ projects. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/38 "2011-01-31T18:17:55Z")
It’s worth noting that Anne Hathaway is booked to play Selina Kyle, not necessarily Catwoman. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/39 "2011-01-31T18:30:06Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > It’s worth noting that Anne Hathaway is booked to play Selina Kyle, not necessarily Catwoman. True, but Aaron Eckhart was announced as playing Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight and Two-Face still showed up. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/40 "2011-01-31T18:36:10Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Shouldn’t Lois be closer to 30, or even 35? Are they losing her mysteriously-parented super-kid? This is going to be another reboot, so I imagine the super-kid will be aborted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584.md?page=3)