Well I’m Superman, just not action. I’m kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.
BRANDON ROUTHThere’s a great legacy before me. Many, many fantastic actors, artists, writers have come before me and created Superman. I’m very honored to be able to be a part of it.
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It is important to get different roles and to be seen in a different light. I am an actor. To go too far one way what does that do to the character of Superman?
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There are things about growing up in a small town that you can’t necessarily quantify.
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I’m kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.
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I’m very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down to the people who have more power than me, who control the money.
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That’s definitely a part of who Superman is and definitely who Clark on the farm is. It translates to how calm he is. I feel like I’m pretty calm most of the time and relaxed, which gives presence to the character.
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I’m really excited to be a part of it and sharing the legacy, any documentary I look up at the sky and Kevin Burns did and Bryan did and showed me again you know the history that’s in this character and you know.
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And I was standing around with a room full of costume designers and everybody was judging me right away and going, “Don’t make your judgment on it, if this is Superman quite yet or not,” because I hadn’t done all the work that I would later do.
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I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was.
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It was a great mantel to be able to take on really, an amazing legacy. And you know to finally see it, because I just saw the final product yesterday as well, is really amazing to be part of something like this.
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The first time I wore it, I didn’t have that as much. I hadn’t really trained any, yet. I hadn’t read the script, I hadn’t really worked on the character at that point.
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There’s a great legacy before me. Many, many fantastic actors, artists, writers have come before me and created Superman. I’m very honored to be able to be a part of it.
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All these things are thoughts in my head, but I’m an artist first and foremost, I guess, so there are great things out there. I’ve read some awesome things and if there’s nothing there that I like I can always create something.
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Well physically preparing for the role, definitely and then continuing to stay physically fit throughout filming, getting up, 4.00 4.30 in the morning.
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To go too much another way, for the sake of my ego in wanting to create something… in the situation of Superman is just wrong. Especially since we’re continuing, in a sense, that story. The characters have to feel somewhat similar. What are you going to do with Superman?
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But so long as we can keep this crew of fantastic people together and can continue to make real breakthrough films in this category, as well as characters that stay true to what we’ve done in this first film, I’d be more than happy to be a part of it.
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