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March 13, 2003: Ashton Kutcher Turns Down Superman

The Yahoo U.K. Movies News service has published an interview with actor Ashton Kutcher where he reveals that he, like Josh Hartnett before him, has turned down the role of Superman in the up-coming movie. Besides Kutcher's concerns of being typecast and schedule clashes with his TV show, the actor also had concerns about a possible jinx associated with the role. Here's an excerpt from the interview...

Kutcher, who made his name in hit US TV series The 70's Show, has revealed to us that he was in fact "approached" to play Clark Kent and his superhero alter-ego but turned the chance down for several reasons.

"I was approached about doing it and it seems like a really interesting offer," Kutcher told us while in London recently, describing the situation as "kinda complicated."

"The scheduling of that film got moved back so now even if I were to do it it would be a conflict with my television show and I would end up ultimately having to commit to more time the television show to do it and it would just make things really complicated," he continued.

The star, who, much like Clark Kent character, grew up on a farm in a small rural town, was also put off by the alleged jinx that haunts the part.

"I think there's a bit of a curse behind the role, just in what's happened to the past people who've played it," before waving his hands and joking "don't wanna be involved in that."

Read the entire article at the Yahoo U.K. website.

In other news, Latino Review seems to think that the release date for the new movie has been pushed back to 2005 due to all the casting delays.

While all this casting speculation continues, Zap2It.com are conducting a Poll asking you who you think should be cast as the next Man of Steel. Place your vote now!



2003 Movie News

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