So many Sundays have passed without some massive Man of Steel news! The silence was just beginning to be suspicious. Was someone big about to walk off the project?
No. They were just trying to get a hold of Russell Crowe, whose penchant for Twitter probably makes him a tricky man to ring up.
According to Variety’s Showblitz, Crowe is in talks to play Jor-El. It’s a surprising choice, but when Kevin Costner is Pa Kent, it raises the paternal bar a bit, doesn’t it? Crowe has declined a few comic book movies over the years. How very Brandoesque of him to take on an iconic, cameo type of role in one.
Interestingly, Latino Review reported today that Connie Nielsen has been offered the part of Lara. That could explain Crowe’s interest, though I wonder why Zack Snyder wants Krypton to host a Gladiator reunion. What we do in life echoes in eternity and interstellar space! Can they get Joaquin Phoenix to play one of the Krypton doubters, and work in a “I will clutch them to my bosom?” I hope so.
Latino Review also reports Harry Lennix has been offered a role, but no one knows what it is at this time.
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Henry Lennix? Do they not mean Harry Lennix?
This is why superhero movies end up costing 200 million. How many people are going to see a Superman movie because of who plays Jor-El or Pa Kent? You could get a “hey, it’s that guy” actor for 1/100 the cost. Did Brando really help the BO? Will Crowe and Costner do the publicity tours?
Brando (and Hackman) helped the movie earn legitimacy long before superhero films were BO gold.
Crowe won’t be happy, when he finds out Kryptons are all circumsized…
Prestige is a big factor and peppering the movie with Oscar Heavyweights helps. SMR only had Spacey IIRC.
I would have preferred Costner as Jor El, and Crowe as Zod. A really big mean Zod who you believe can kill Supes.
I second that notion; I was going to nominate Crowe for General Zod. So instead I’ll nominate Theokoles from Spartacus: Blood and Sand as Non and Viva Bianca as Ursa. Or Sally Hawkins.
“What we do in life echoes in eternity and interstellar space!”
A funny reminder that Gladiator is probably still the best of the Scott/Crowe collaborations.
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