I thought this story was pretty cool
LOS ANGELES ? Midway through the filming of Superman Returns, star Brandon Routh received an envelope in the mail.
t contained two pendants and a letter. The pendants, each emblazoned with a red S, said simply, “Go Forward.”
The note from Dana Reeve, the widow of Superman Christopher Reeve, said much the same thing.
“She said she thought I’d be a good Superman,” says Routh, 26, best known for a guest role on Gilmore Girls. “She wished me luck. I can’t tell you what that was like to get her blessing. I was nervous, because I had never heard from the family, and it’s frightening trying to fill Christopher Reeve’s shoes.”
But Routh will attempt just that as Superman swoops into theaters June 30 with more than just a $180 million budget on its shoulders.
Nice touch.
And that’s not the only link this new movie will have with the last series:
[Director Bryan] Singer says he plans to use the late Marlon Brando in the new film. Brando, who played Superman’s father, Jor-El, in the 1978 Superman and died in 2004, will return in the same role.
Singer says he found stock footage of Brando shot by director Richard Donner in 1978, which will provide Brando’s voice. Special-effects crews will digitally re-create Brando’s image, Singer says.
Superman Returns has some big shoes to fill, but if this movie trailer is any indication, I think it just might do succeed.
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