Sara Vilkomerson at Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch: If Christian Bale can play Batman, why not? I’m looking forward to the comments debate about what this means for the character, and to see how people will react to a British actor playing Superman. I think the casting will come as a surprise to many.
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It seems a bit pedantic to even type this in the year 2011, but here goes: straight actors play gay men normal folks play true heroes women sometimes even play men! And vice versa on all three! Plus we still sort of owe the British for what Kevin Costner did to Robin Hood. would be just as charming and amusing if he were born in Phoenix, France, or Finland. Hell, we just gave the world an American actor as Sherlock Holmes, and that worked out pretty well, didn’t it? Here’s why: talent has no nationality. in ‘Sherlock Holmes’.Ī British Superman is revenge for an American Sherlock Holmes.
Besides, as fans on Twitter have pointed out, it’s no different from foreign actors portraying legendary British characters, like Russell Crowe in ‘Robin Hood’ and Robert Downey Jr. At the end of the day, producers cast a very wide net when it comes to casting such beloved characters, and being the right person for the part is dependent on far more than just your accent. “Truth, Justice and the American Way?” - Okay, we know that Superman is the quintessential American hero (sorry, Captain America, Superman’s way more famous), so it might give some fans pause to learn that Henry Cavill is decidedly British. For us, it matters not where the lead actor is born, especially for roles like Superman, where the character is not even from our planet. Christian Bale also hailsl from the UK and Ryan Reynolds is Canadian. Of UK descent, Cavill joins a potential Justice League roster that includes three non-Americans – a curious issue for some fans. Then again, Kal-El himself is an immigrant, so maybe it’s only fair. It’s worth noting that Cavill was born in the British dependency the Channel Islands, meaning a non-American will be taking over the most iconic American superhero. The last son of Krypton may celebrate the Fourth of July, but let’s remember he arrived in Kansas as the ultimate outsider and then won all of us over as, um, a resident alien. It might be worthwhile noting that the hero of Metropolis is, in fact, an intergalactic immigrant.
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This makes “Avengers” the only 2012 American superhero movie (out of 4) without a British actor feigning an American accent in the lead.Ĭavill will undoubtedly be asked if he feels a bit odd taking up Superman’s classic fight for “truth, justice and the American way,” so we have a suggestion for him if he grows weary of the queries. Not that many would be the wiser on that last part, I’m sure.Īfter the jump see what others are saying about the news around the Film Blog Water Cooler. And an American actress should appear as his sister, who later transforms and is portrayed by a Chinese actress. Well, as revenge for this anglophilic course of comic book movies, we can try to encourage Mel Gibson, who is good at pissing off the English (among others), to get going on a Captain Britain movie, which he should star in. Sure, but he did grow up from infancy in the heartland and until recently (in “Superman Returns”) he stood for “the American way.” It didn’t take long for one or two bright people to point out that Superman is an alien from another planet and therefore not technically American. Oh, and a lot of people without super powers playing people with super powers.
Fantastic, Professor X and Magneto, Australians as Wolverine, Hulk and Thor, a Canadian as Colossus, a Canadian-Kiwi as Rogue, a Dutchwoman as Jean Grey, an American as Storm, an actor with sight as Daredevil and non-turtles as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Christian Bale is Batman, Andrew Garfield is Spider-Man and now Henry Cavill (“Stardust”) is Superman in Zack Snyder’s “Superman: The Man of Steel.”īut let’s not forget that in the past we’ve also had to endure Brits as Mr. It was the fact that yet another British actor has been chosen for a superhero role. But the contrast between Sundance and superheroes isn’t what people were talking about today. Yesterday this report came while some were returning home. The studio revealed some big casting news for “The Dark Knight Rises” as many of us were in the air heading towards the festival. announced the casting of its next Superman on the last day of Sundance.
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