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Jude Legislation Reveals Why He Turned Down ‘Superman’ Position


Jude Legislation was nearly the Man of Metal! The actor reveals why he turned down the starring function in a cancelled Superman movie by director Brett Ratner.

The Superman IP was in an odd state within the early 2000s. Dozens of cancelled tasks laid within the bin following the Richard Donner franchise ending, finally culminating in Suprman Returns, which many describe as somewhat subpar and led to let one other interval of dormancy of the character on the large display screen till Zack Snyder’s Man of Metal.

Nevertheless, within the midst of all of this drama, there was an concept for a Superman movie directed by Brett Ratner, finest recognized for his work with the Rush Hour franchise. When the studio was creating the movie, just one actor was on their minds to play the Man of Metal. By some means, that actor was Jude Legislation.

Jude Legislation Speaks On Turning Down Superman

1 / 4 century divorced from the thought, followers know that Superman incarnation by no means got here to life, with Jude Legislation turning down the undertaking and the movie ultimately falling aside. Nevertheless, it’s by no means been clear why Legislation rejected the Man of Metal. When requested throughout a latest podcast look, he admitted it merely felt “too far” for him.

“So that is true. Yeah. And there was a strategy of flirtation happening,” Legislation instructed The Discourse podcast. “And I all the time resisted as a result of it simply felt like [off]. And I do know you possibly can say, ‘Effectively, however you performed Yonn-Rogg and Dumbledore!’ It simply felt like a step too far.”

He added, “And it was when Brett Ratner was going to direct, I believe. They usually didn’t have a script, if I bear in mind rightly. Did they’ve a script? I don’t bear in mind studying one. This can be a very long time in the past. They introduced me the go well with. They thought, ‘This may change your thoughts.’”

“No, it wasn’t the Reeve go well with. It was a sort of prefer it was extra metallic,” he stated. “Anyway, I attempted on and I regarded within the mirror and a part of me initially was like, ‘Wow, this might be a [good thing],’ after which I simply thought, ‘No, you possibly can’t – you possibly can’t do that. You may’t.’ And I didn’t promote myself to myself. And I stepped away and the movie by no means occurred anyway. So possibly it most likely wouldn’t have finished something.”

It definitely would have been fascinating to see Jude Legislation rework into the Man of Metal on the silver display screen. Nevertheless, given the monitor file of DC on the time, it’s possible for the perfect that Brett Ratner’s Superman movie by no means noticed the sunshine of day. On the very least Legislation received to fly up, up and away as Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel!

Superman is at present scheduled to hit theaters on July 11, 2025. Keep tuned for the newest information relating to the way forward for the DC Universe and ensure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for extra content material!

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