October 20, 2004
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THE NEW SUPERMAN
Although Jim Caviezel was up for the role of the next Superman, Director Bryan Singer has chosen a relatively unknown actor by the name of Brandon “BJ” Routh. However, he’s not so unknown to me.
Here’s the story: In 1998, I befriended BJ’s sister, Sara, while performing at a college in Iowa with my theatre company hereandnow. Over the years, Sara and I eventually lost touch. Then last November I got an email on my website from her letting me know BJ and her rented “BLT” and loved it. She also announced they were both loving in LA to work on their singing and acting careers respectively.
So while hanging out with Sara in their apartment, I met BJ and saw photos of him last Halloween dressed up as Clark Kent. As you can see, he wore the suit, had an unbuttoned shirt revealing some of the costume’s “S” with a coat hanger hidden in his tie adjusted to look as if he were dashing off to change.
So when I read the announcement in the trades yesterday, I was like, “Holy. Freakin’. Cow.”
Last Halloween: Dressed like Superman. This Halloween: Is Superman.
Then after reading the announcement, I went to workout and saw would-be-Superman, Jim Caviezel at the gym (Ha! Jim at the gym again!). In between his reps, I imagined him thinking, “Damn kid. I’ve been workin’ out all this time for nothin’!”
Anyway, congrats BJ! I’m sure you’ll do the cape justice.
Eerie tidbit: BJ just celebrated his 25th birthday on Oct 9th, which was the same day Christopher Reeve fell into a coma before he sadly passed away AND Reeve was 25 when he took up the role in ’78. How much more symbolic can you get? I can already see all the “Man of Steel’s Passing Ignities Rebirth” headlines.
Meanwhile I’ll be flying as well, only on a plane, to speak at Amherst College’s Asian Student’s Association tomorrow (Oct 21) at 8pm!
Comments (23)
eerie.
That is weird. Whoa…
I thought Jim had the role locked, guess not.
ohhh man… that’s scary… some sort of sign… or what? hmm… well have a safe trip!
I’m happy for your friend. Maybe you can be a new take on Jimmy Olsen.
I am also happy that that pawn for the GOP Caveziel didn’t get to tarnish that cape.
amherst, ma????????????
good luck to bj, cuz he has big shoes to fill. and jim probably dont want to typecast as “only superheroes or god”
WHOA ! How eerie !!! Congrats to BJ ! I can’t wait to see the new superman !
I heard Kevin Spacy was gonna be cast as Lex Luthor. Amazing what a moment on screen as Dr. Evil can do for your acting career….
If not Jimmy, maybe you could be the new Otis?
Up…up…and away you go!
Yeah, looking at the picture it certainly seems as though BJ suits the part well. Although, Chris Reeve will be irreplaceable with his superman moniker. I’m certain that BJ is sure to bring his own style depicting the worlds most famous superhero.
“ BJ just celebrated his 25th birthday on Oct 9th, which was the same day Christopher Reeve fell into a coma before he sadly passed away.”
Too add on to the eerieness, wasn’t Christopher Reeve 25 when he played Superman in 1978?
whoa its parry. i think you and carlos beltran have a similar look
not in all pictures though haha.
he sure looks like a superman. have you seen the new batman cartoon? that batman isnt a good looking one. =. k bye
damn, i’m going to dress up like a superhero this halloween then! what character hasn’t been done yet?
plastic man?!! like the old comedy comic?
what do you mean by show them my legs? what are you trying to say about my legs?
ooohhh…he’s cute!! i can’t wait for that movie to come out now!
oOo. He’s quite good looking! Poor Jim.
hmmm he does look good for the role of superman… kudos to him.
What I really would like to know is who is going to be Lois Lane???
whoa…. thats whoa… and he is cuuuuuteee…. definitely a good replacement for the next superman!! perfect look to him.
amherst, eh? say hi to C.N. Le for me! his site http://asian-nation.org/ is impressive, to say the least.
That is pretty eerie. But I am glad the director chose someone not big named. And he is quite supermanish.
are you stoppingby New York?!
boo! i’ll be up in 5 hours for our ride to the airport
your talk was great!
i’m a BIG believer in things happening for a reason, so tru dat!
What a coincidence. First time I saw the pic, wow! Looking forward to the Superman movie.