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April 23, 2008: Brendan Fraser Talks About Almost Being Superman

In the early 2000s (around 2002) there was big talk about a new Superman movie set to star Brendan Fraser as Superman/Clark Kent with a script written by J.J. Abrams to be directed by Brett Ratner. Obviously it never happened.

Now, MTV.com has posted a video interview from NYCC with Brendan Fraser in which he discusses this period in time. He talks about having tried on the Superman suit, his audition process, the script itself and more.

And apparently he nailed it in Ratner's eyes because he says he had the part. "First they offered it to me. Then they didn't offer it to me," he laughed. "Then a huge swath of guys came in to put the suit on. We acted scenes as Clark Kent and [Superman]."

Fraser said the script at the time was the one by "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams and described it as "really really really cool." So in the end did he really want to join the ranks of George Reeves and Christopher Reeve? "Oh yeah. Everybody did. Everybody in town was up for this," he said.

Watch the video interview at MTV.com.

Thanks to Kel for the lead on this story.