2003 Movie News Archives

January 13, 2003: Superman Homepage Casts New Superman

Without a doubt one of the hottest topics surrounding Superman over the past few years has been "Who will be cast as Superman/Clark Kent in a new "Superman" movie?"

We've seen big names thrown out there like Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, Brendan Fraser, Russell Crowe and even John Travolta.

Thankfully, Director Brett Ratner seems to have got it right when deciding that he'd like to cast an unknown actor in the lead role of this new movie. I've always said that I'd much prefer to have the audience look at the character and say, "Wow! That's Superman!" Rather than, "Wow! That's [insert big name actor] as Superman!"

Rumors abound that Brett Ratner is searching far and wide for his Man of Steel. Well, the Superman Homepage has decided to step in and give Mr Ratner a hand. Here's our choice for Superman...

Gregg Avedon

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Gregg is a talented actor, standing at 6' 1" and weighing 190 pounds. He's appeared in an episode of "Sex And The City"; he acted in, directed, wrote, and produced a short film for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's "Project Greenlight", and just finished shooting a short film as the main character that will be shown in various film festivals around the U.S. He's got 7 years of acting school under his belt, which includes stage experience and other day player roles in various television shows. As a model, he's been on more than 20 Men's Health covers (including the current issue on newstands now).

What do you think? Share your opinion in the Superman Homepage Message Board.



2003 Movie News

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