# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/61 "2011-02-01T00:46:07Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It would be interesting if they cast her to be 10 or more years older than Superman (and more realistic, since she’s at the top of her game of journalist). Lauren Graham. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/62 "2011-02-01T01:12:17Z")
I would have preferred Matt Bomer, but good enough. I’m glad Joe Manganiello wasn’t picked because although I like him, I think his nose is a little too strong to look like Superman, and he kind of gives off a ‘grown up frat boy’ vibe in most of his roles which is at odds with ‘boyscout’. I love Zooey Deschanel and Eliza Dukshu but I don’t see either of them as Lois - the former is a bit too airy and the latter too edgy. I do like Erica Durance, but she’s already on Smallville. Colbie Smulders isn’t too far off, assuming she can play it straight. I’m more concerned about the plot though. They really need to completely cut ties with the Reeves version and make something new. Also, get rid of the whole snow crystal Krypton thing. I prefer the ‘everything sterile after years of wars over clones’ version. Luthor has been way overused, ditch him for one or more of the other rogues. And whoever you choose, do not make them a buffoon for comedic effect like previous villains. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/63 "2011-02-01T01:44:13Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Lauren Graham. You stole my thunder, as reading through the thread and everybody’s ideas of what kind of part LL should be I was thinking Alexis Bledel. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/64 "2011-02-01T01:57:41Z")
By the way, folks - it’s Christopher _ **Reeve** _, not Reeves. It was once [George Reeves](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves), though. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/65 "2011-02-01T03:43:54Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Lauren Graham. The recent (well, over the last 25 years) comics established that Superman ages very slowly, so if the movie-makers were _brave_, they could cast and older but still hot actress and still have the characters be the same age. Several comic writers have explored Lois’s concern that her aging will eventually make her unattractive to Superman and this could be touched on in a film, carefully. And, heck, make a possible Wonder Woman subplot in a future film, as I earlier suggested, even more potentially delicious. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/66 "2011-02-01T06:23:21Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You take that back before someone hears you and thinks you’re serious. 🙂 I think Eliza was one of the weakest links in the Buffy franchises because she can’t friggin’ _act!_ I desperately want to see them cast a Lois Lane who shows us why she is included in the pantheon of superheroes in spite of being just a normal human being - in other words, I want this Lois Lane to be SPECIAL. She has to own every scene she’s in. It would be interesting if they cast her to be 10 or more years older than Superman (and more realistic, since she’s at the top of her game of journalist). Right on both counts. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/67 "2011-02-01T06:36:08Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Lauren Graham. Very interesting. My husband came up with another interesting choice - Rashida Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/68 "2011-02-01T06:43:58Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Very interesting. My husband came up with another interesting choice - Rashida Jones. Well, I was about to post my brilliant thought about a potential candidate for Lois, but I see my wife has already stolen my thunder. :mad: THBBBBBFT!!! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/69 "2011-02-01T07:58:32Z")
If we’re doing TV actresses, how about Anna Torv? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/70 "2011-02-01T17:16:55Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Very interesting. My husband came up with another interesting choice - Rashida Jones. Awesome. I’d love that. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/71 "2011-02-01T17:42:32Z")
> [@bryan ekers](#): > > so this movie will be darker and dare i say it, (takes off sunglasses) > routh-less? > Yeaaaaaah!! fify 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/72 "2011-02-01T19:06:27Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > By the way, folks - it’s Christopher _ **Reeve** _, not Reeves. Yes! Thank you! That always gets under my skin. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/73 "2011-02-01T19:19:53Z")
> [@BomTek](#): > > Yes! Thank you! That always gets under my skin. Yeah, just like a bedsore! What, too soon? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/74 "2011-02-01T19:36:36Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > Personally, I kinda would like to see the Smallville cast step up to make a feature film Superman as a fitting wrap to the TV series, but I don’t think the cast is nearly strong enough to pull off a big-screen adventure (and the script writers would have to suddenly learn how to not write teen-angsty schlock). But I’m interested to see how this new reboot plays out. > > I’m another one who thought Routh did a good job as Superman in a movie that had some serious issues, particularly around the piss-poor casting of Lois and also the stupid Superkid. And the airplane rescue scene was so spectacularly awesome that it almost made the rest of the movie worthwhile, IMO. It’s too bad too. I think Tom Welling makes a great Superman. He’s not as big as Christopher Reeve, but he’s still well built. He carries himself very well in the role. It would be difficult to write Smallville into a movie though. Since the series was carried so far, turning Clark Kent into the bumbling reporter would be next to impossible. Also, rosenberg’s Lex Luthor was the best Lex Luthor ever. I love the likable, not quite pure evil villain and the transformation. I like the complicated desire to like him despite his psychopathy. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/75 "2011-02-01T19:56:09Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > Also, rosenberg’s Lex Luthor was the best Lex Luthor ever. I love the likable, not quite pure evil villain and the transformation. I like the complicated desire to like him despite his psychopathy. I agree that Michael Rosenbaum was the best Lex Luthor ever. I haven’t watched Smallville since he left. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/76 "2011-02-01T23:35:53Z")
I think he will be back at the end of this season. They certainly have hinted at it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/77 "2011-02-02T00:00:21Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > Well, I was about to post my brilliant thought about a potential candidate for Lois, but I see my wife has already stolen my thunder. :mad: > > THBBBBBFT!!! Sorry 'bout that. 🙂 I agree about Rosenbaum’s Lex Luthor - you just never knew what he was capable of. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/78 "2011-02-22T03:03:57Z")
There are [reports out today](http://www.latinoreview.com/news/kevin-costner-s-superman-role-revealed-12685) that Kevin Costner will be playing Jonathan Kent. :waits for the pile-on of Costner critics and the inevitable _Dances With Superman_ jokes: ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/79 "2011-02-22T14:14:01Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > 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. And the starting point was him coming back after being gone for years , and then the child. They really needed someone more mature for that script. Superman has been around a long time. It’s okay to have him look like he’s in his 30s. I’d like to see a movie where Superman is older , Bruce Wayne is retired and Grayson is Batman. Bring in the new generation. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/80 "2011-02-22T14:20:07Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > It’s too bad too. I think Tom Welling makes a great Superman. He’s not as big as Christopher Reeve, but he’s still well built. He carries himself very well in the role. It would be difficult to write Smallville into a movie though. Since the series was carried so far, turning Clark Kent into the bumbling reporter would be next to impossible. > > Also, rosenberg’s Lex Luthor was the best Lex Luthor ever. I love the likable, not quite pure evil villain and the transformation. I like the complicated desire to like him despite his psychopathy. They are in the process of making Clark be the secret identity on Smallville. He has decided he needs to be more of a symbol and hide less, but he doesn’t want a mask. So he dons the glasses and begins to make Clark more meek and mild mannered. This final season is supposed to end with him being in the costume. I doubt a movie version is in the works but I think Welling and Dunce make an good Lois and Clark. Then there’s the advantage of all the other heroes introduced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584.md?page=5)