Superman: More vaguely homophobic hysteria
Filed under: RumorMonger, NSFW, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
There was buzz last week in Radar (and summarized by Martha) that Brandon Routh only got the role of Superman because director Bryan Singer thought he'd look super in a pair of tights. That post sparked a lot of comments ("Give me a break!!!! This is just homophobe crap!" - Wil; "Cinematical reaches a new low!" - Alexei), so I thought you'd like to know that the Routh rumors are getting ever more salacious. Various UK tabloids (we picked it up through The Movie Blog) are reporting that the bulge in Routh's tights is apparently so apparent that Warner Brothers is considering using digital trickery to cover it up. I seem to remember the exact same rumor popping up (no pun intended) when George Clooney was cast as Batman, but no matter – here's the quote:"It's a major issue for the studio. Brandon is extremely well endowed and they don't want it up on the big screen ... We may be forced to erase his package with digital effects."
Alright, kids – procede to fight amongst yourselves.
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12-12-2005 @ 7:06PM
The Jeremy said...
Ha. Sounds like that comment came from a friend of Routh's because a lot of the comments/reports earlier regarding the Kryptonian-package stated otherwise when AICN "covered" this months ago.
It would be wise to remember that a "family" group complained about the endowment of Robin (Burt Ward) on the *Batman* television series back in the 60s. They addressed the subject in the Ward/West reunion show that was done a while back on CBS...
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12-12-2005 @ 7:11PM
The Jeremy said...
ps. Its not homophobic to dis this production because one does not agree on the casting decisions made by this production or the usage of outdated views of the characters of Clark Kent/Superman and Lex Luthor as this film is pandering to. Or the flaws in the continuity logic by suggesting this is a sequel to *Superman II*.
This ain't a *Batman Begins*. More like a *Van Helsing*.
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12-13-2005 @ 7:08PM
PretenderNX01 said...
What *is* homophobic is to say Routh was cast soley because Singer had the hots for him. But this whole "bulge" thing was covered already (in Newsweek, no less):
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9189573/site/newsweek/page/2/
So somebody's lying, either "Newsweek" or "The Sun". My guess, its "The Sun".
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