Will Brandon Routh Impersonate Christopher Reeve?: “No. We looked at some of the original ‘Superman’ just to take a look at it together. But by no means did I ever say, ‘Act like Christopher Reeve.’
It’s weird with Brandon. One moment he’s a dead ringer for Christopher Reeve, the next minute you see that he’s completely different. So it kind of captures moments of that. He’ll have moments where you’ll recall the first film and moments where he’s his own Clark. He’s his own Superman.”
Bryan Singer on Clark Kent: “He’s goofy. He’s playing a role. Clark is definitely, he’s not young Clark from the farm… I mean, you’ll see a bit of that, but in The Daily Planet he’s awkward, you know? He’s the invisible guy. …He’s playing a role. That’s his costume and Superman is him.”
On Shooting in Australia: “The only issue with Australia for me is just the personal distance. My family lives in New Jersey and my home is in L.A. and if, God forbid, something were to happen to my family, it’s 22 hours travel. But so far, the crew has been extraordinary. We’ve got a lot of people off ‘King Kong.’ We’ve got a lot of other folks off ‘Star Wars’ and ‘The Matrix.’ They have a terrific crew. So for me, it’s just the sense of a combination of a little homesickness. On a day it’ll get to me. It’s intangible, because the place is beautiful. Sydney is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.”
On Cameos By Members of the Original Cast: “Oh absolutely. There’s two cameos: Noel Neill and Jack Larson who play the original Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen from the 1952, ‘51, ‘53, whatever, series. Jack Clark plays the bartender with Jimmy Olsen in the scene so it’s great. They have a scene together. And it was fun to shoot that day. It was a very long day. Jack worked - Jack there flew 15 hours to get there and worked an 18 hour day. He’s not young, so he’s got a lot of energy. I was really impressed.”
Bryan Singer on Casting Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane: “I saw the movie ‘Beyond the Sea’ twice - and yeah, she was phenomenal and I really liked her and I brought her in to read with Brandon and they had a chemistry. It was a combination of her work in ‘Beyond the Sea’ and the chemistry she had in the room with Brandon and her, the general sense I had in the meeting. You know, when you meet somebody that’s, for me, when I cast, I’ve had a good record with casting and it’s sort of in the meetings when I fully make that decision.”
And for those of you wondering, Singer did not make Kate Bosworth wear contact lenses. He says he likes her two different colored eyes just the way they are.
Bryan Singer on the “Superman Returns” Script: “…My style is every day we invent something new. Every day I freak out and change something, which has a ripple effect on everything I’m going to shoot. It happened just the other day. But it’s always exciting. It’s always for the best, so it’s a mixed bag. But that’s why it’s great having Dan [Harris] and Mike [Dougherty] there all the time. Because I can sit there and suddenly say, ‘Why am I doing this? Why don’t… This should happen.’ And they’re right there to help me make it happen or vice versa.”
The Source of the Story: “It’s mostly original, like original material. If you look back in the comic history, they’ve done pretty much about everything. Superman’s rescued everything, picked up everything, thrown everything, caught and captured and everything’s bounced off him. You have to just see what serves the story that you’re telling at the given moment. But there’s definitely a respect to taking an overview of the series and an overview of the movies and an overview of the serials and an overview of the musical, which I’ve seen. Yeah, they did it. Taking a piece of everything and the comic, of course, and all its incarnations to kind of give it a general [tone].
Richard White/Perry White – The Connection: Singer cleared up one misunderstanding that’s been floating around. Richard White is not Perry White’s son. They just happen to have the same last name in common.
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