Why did Ben Affleck turn down the chance to direct the new Superman film? And who is the latest actor being linked with playing Superman? Glad you asked…
And so the wheels of the Superman rumour machine continue to turn, as yet another actor gets linked with filling the famous blue tights. Director Zack Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan have, wisely, been keeping their cards close to their chest where the casting of the film is concerned, but that hasn't stopped lots of speculation doing the rounds.
The latest name to be thrown into the frame? That'd be Anderson Davis, who spoke to Comic Book Movie about the role. From what we can see, David hasn't been officially linked, although he does have a link to Superman, having done some voiceover work on the DVD of All Star Superman a month or two back. However, he reveals to the site that "I have a team of people keeping their eyes and ears open regarding casting start-up." Make of that what you will.
He did talk about the direction he'd take the role at the site, mind, saying, "Though I love Reeve's portrayal I would try to take it down another path, Superman is such an iconic character who has a foundation of based beliefs, keeping that foundation but not being afraid to explore the possibilities of the character would be a lot of fun.
Superman was also a human, therefore he was flawed. I think to see him as a perfect being all the time just makes the character lack reality. He needs true human emotion, be a person we can relate to and that same to look up to as our hero."
Meanwhile, and perhaps more substantively, Ben Affleck has been talking to Deadline about why he turned down the chance to direct the film. Affleck's second film behind the camera, The Town, provided a big critical and sizeable commercial success earlier this year, but talking to Deadline, he said, "The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money."
He added that "With Superman, I think they're going to do a great version. Chris Nolan is brilliant and they've got a great director for it. I'd love to do something like Blade Runner, but a lesson I've learned is to not look at movies based on budget, how much they'll spend on effects, or where they will shoot. Story is what's important. Also, there are a lot of guys ahead of me on the list to do epic effects movies."
It's well worth reading the interview, incidentally, where he talks about make The Town amongst other subjects, right here.
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