2013 Movie News Archives

May 15, 2013: Stockard Channing was Almost Lois Lane

Stockard Channing Most fans of "Superman: The Movie" would be well aware that Margot Kidder had some stiff opposition when it came to winning the role of Lois Lane. One of the women who was seriously considered for the role was Stockard Channing.

Stockard went on to famously play the role of Rizzo in the film "Grease", but was one of two final contenders for the role of Lois Lane, having impressed Richard Donner ahead of other actresses like Anne Archer, Leslie Ann Warren and Holly Palance.

Yahoo! Movies has published a new article looking at the casting of Lois Lane for "Superman: The Movie"...

    So why did the role ultimately go to Kidder? Each actress who tested with Reeve did two scenes with him: one where he was Superman and another where he was Clark Kent. And Kidder made the very clear distinction between how Lois acted with each persona.

    In the documentary "Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman," Kidder explained that she wanted Lois' tough exterior to melt away in the presence of the man in the cape. Kidder said Lois was "cock-eyed, kind of phony-baloney because she couldn't pull her head together enough to think when she was around him." And then Lois would turn around and be utterly dismissive of Clark, which Kidder admitted she had a tendency to do with the men in her off-screen life.

Read the entire article at the Yahoo! Movies website.



2013 Movie News

Listed below are all the Movie News items archived for 2013 organized into various categories:

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“Superman/Batman” Movie News: “Justice League” Movie News: “Superman: Unbound” Animated Movie News: “Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox” Animated Movie News: “Justice League: War” Animated Movie News: Christopher Reeve Movie News: Other Movie News:

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