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Interview with Brandon Routh talks Man of Steel and Justice League:
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CS: You showed a real flair for comedy playing Clark Kent. Is that a love of yours, doing the funny stuff?
Routh: It is. It's really my first love. The first theater that I ever did was playing a really silly character onstage and I'm a character a little bit in a leading man's body. So it's hard to get to those gigs because they don't think of me. I do my best to present myself as a leading man as well because I am both of those things. So it was great to be able to play Clark in "Superman Returns." I thought Clark was funny and that's why I loved playing him and I look forward to doing more of him when we do the sequel. I've already been pushing for more Clark and more funny.
CS: Do you have any expectation as to when you might go to work on "Man of Steel"?
Routh: I expect that we'll be working early next year. I know that Bryan [Singer] has pretty much finished out "Valkyrie" and is back in the states and is zeroing in on the story that he wants to tell. Once that arrives it's going to move pretty quickly. I think that everybody is getting excited. It's been three years now, really. It's hard to believe that it's been long, but everyone is getting jazzed and ready to go again. I certainly am.
CS: What sides of Superman and Clark Kent are you excited about exploring in the sequel?
Routh: Well, I think that something that audiences are looking for – and I certainly am, too – is for Superman to actually be able to lay a punch on someone or something. I was filming and I thought, "I haven't really hit anything. I feel like I'm going to need to let some of this anger out." So I'm happy that I think that's going to be a central part of the sequel, getting a good villain that we can actually have physical altercations with. Certainly also, I'd like more humor from Clark or just more of Clark and Jimmy. A little bit more of Lois and Clark, how we used to see them, a bit more of buddies. Perhaps things will be smoothed over with Superman and Lois and she can afford to be a little bit nicer to Clark. I think that's something that people want to see and those are some of the great moments from previous "Superman" films. Also, Superman and Lois getting together, that's always my end goal. I want that to happen. The romantic in me wants that to happen eventually whether they're finally together in this movie or in whatever future films there might be. I kind of want to see that happen.
CS: Poor James Marsden. He's getting used to losing the girl.
Routh: I know, but he had some good films come out this year, and so James is doing all right.
CS: Has Bryan given you any voice in the plan, maybe asking you what you'd like to see or what you're looking forward to?
Routh: Yeah, and well, even if he doesn't ask I tell him all the time. He's very receptive to my notes and my thoughts and so I just let him know. I keep telling him that thing about Lois and Superman getting together and I trust that if I keep repeating that he'll just think it's his own thought someday.
CS: Have you stayed in shape for the next time you have to put the suit on or is it going to be starting all over from scratch?
Routh: I'm definitely not starting over from scratch. There was certainly some time where I was like, "Ugh. I can't take anymore of this working out. It's been my life for too long." So I shunned it for a little while, but I've gotten back into it and it makes me feel better to do it too so that it doesn't feel like so much of a hassle, something that has to be done. I actually will be in a very good place when we start again and will see if I can't make it a little more bigger and a little bit more impressive.
CS: There was a lot of talk about a "Justice League" film, but sounds like it's not going to happen now. Did they ever talk to you about appearing in that?
Routh: They talked to me about it, yes, but I think someone else asked me if they ever offered me the role and they did not. I'm happy that we're talking about "Man of Steel" again and "Batman" looks great and is coming out and that looks great and I think it's time for those two characters, certainly, to flourish and some of the DC Comic Universe to strike out on their own first and strengthen each character individually and then to go at all of them together.
CS: Have you changed your stance on doing a movie together with Christian Bale playing Batman, just the two of you?
Routh: I've been asked that question many times and at first, I think I've been quoted as saying that Superman and Batman should never fight each other which makes sense to me. They should be fighting together on the same team, but Christian is certainly a great actor and a very nice guy. I'm excited for the new "Batman." So I'll open up my view because I know that people want to see it and maybe there's a story that could be told that way that makes sense to me. So I won't put it out anymore. I won't say no anymore.
CS: Have you ever had a chance to sit down and compare notes with other guys like Christian or Hugh Jackman, the guys that have played iconic superheroes?
Routh: No, I haven't. That would be great though, having a roundtable discussion one day about the good things and the bad things about playing a superhero, a comic hero. Maybe someday.
CS: After the first "Superman" came out what's been your favorite fan encounter? Any unusual people recognizing you in unusual places?
Routh: Yeah, sometimes when I'm just out and about and I haven't shaved for a few days and I'm not thinking that anyone is going to recognize me just out of the blue someone will go, "Superman!" I go, "What?! Are they talking to me?" So there are times when I'm shocked by people, but the cooler things are when a lot of the time little kids are just shocked by me being Superman. Also when we're filming there are times when adults, male and female, will come to set and I'd be fully in the costume and they'd just not be able to speak and be really in awe. So that was neat and kind of funny because they're adults. But it's also sweet because people have a great love for this character and it's really exciting to see that and that we brought that back and are continuing to bring that back, that enjoyment and that love for a character that they like so much.
CS: Any celebrities who blew your mind by coming up to you and saying they were fans of "Superman Returns"?
Routh: I've had this nice little friendly relationship with Quentin Tarantino ever since "Superman" and that's cool because I'm a big fan of his films and I'd love to work with him someday. We happened to meet right before I went to Australia and I said, "I really like what David Carradine said and what Bill said about Clark and Superman." So, now we have a kind of have nice conversations about Superman whenever we're around each other.
CS: Have you stayed involved at all with the Christopher Reeve Foundation? I know you were a big supporter when the movie came out?
Routh: Yes, I have to the extent that I do my best to attend the charity dinners and be a part of a lot of their things like that and speak out about the foundation. I work with the family and do what I can for that as I continue to make a name for myself.
CS: It's one thing to carry on the "Superman" legacy, but then the Christopher Reeve legacy is amazing too. Did you have to stop and think about taking up that mantle too?
Routh: Well, it's a challenging thing because it's very important for me to make my own name and to separate myself from Chris and his performance a little bit and who he was a little bit, so that I can make Brandon Routh known and be in everyone's awareness. But certainly he did a lot of amazing things and I so I take what I can and I try to spread his good word and all the goodness that did and his family is really doing an amazing job. His kids are continuing his legacy especially with the foundation. They're really great people and I'm excited and very proud to know them now. I do what I can to help them and the foundation to raise awareness.
CS: Has DC ever offered you the opportunity write a "Superman" story?
Routh: They haven't yet, but that would be a really great honor at some point and maybe I'd bring it up with Paul Levitz.
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Last edited by GreenScar; 04-30-2008 at 03:19 AM.
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