mylovelyangel Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 Brandon Routh Not unlike the character that would catapult his acting career, Brandon Routh was born in a rural state, far from the bright lights of Hollywood. Raised in the Des Moines suburb of Norwalk, IA, Routh discovered his love of acting in high school when he began participating in community theater at the Norwalk Theater of the Performing Arts. After graduation, he enrolled at the University of Iowa intending to study English. His desire to begin his career was too much to resist, however, and he left after a year to see what opportunities might await him on the West Coast. Routh began paying his dues with appearances on Odd Man Out, Undressed, and Gilmore Girls. In 2002, he completed a year-long stint on the soap opera One Life to Live, continuing to make single-episode appearances over the next few years on popular shows like Cold Case, Will & Grace, and Oliver Beene. Then, around 2004, Routh auditioned for the one of the most sought-after roles of the decade: Superman. The upcoming relaunch of the Superman franchise had been through copious adjustments and would still see more, and Routh originally auditioned for director McG, who was signed to the film at the time. Numerous directors had, in fact, been tied to the film over a period of development that would take over ten years to come to fruition. By the time Superman Returns would go into production, the names Tim Burton, Wolfgang Petersen, Brett Ratner, Shekhar Kapur, and more had been officially or unofficially linked to the film. Just as many actors were considered for the leading role, both legitimately and in rumor, from Nicolas Cage in the early stages to actors like Jake Gyllenhaal, Ashton Kutcher, and Josh Hartnett more recently. When director Bryan Singer was secured as director, however, he wanted the Man of Steel to be a fresh face. Impressed by the performance Routh had given in his audition for McG, as well as the young actor's uncanny resemblance to both the classic depictions of Superman and the late Christopher Reeve, who'd immortalized the hero in earlier films, Routh was eventually offered the part. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Some googled images: Quote
tinky Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 NOOOOOOOOOOOO!James Franco would be perfect but he takes place in Spider Man so... *sigh* Quote
mylovelyangel Posted July 7, 2006 Author Posted July 7, 2006 James Franco is too short he would not make a good superman :| there I said it Quote
tinky Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 but he's too hot!brandon routh is..ew.I'd like to see someone prettier,definitely. Quote
mylovelyangel Posted July 7, 2006 Author Posted July 7, 2006 Interesting, intesting, I prefer Brandon over James any day I got a thing for black and dark hair Quote
tinky Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 yay for black hair! i think i've just remembered the perfect superman,TOM WELLING with that picture!yeah,i'm melting..damn that picture: http://www.khanada.org/images/tomwelling.jpg Quote
mylovelyangel Posted July 7, 2006 Author Posted July 7, 2006 My favorite superman too! But dont post his pictures here, Brandon might get sad I still love ya Brandon Quote
Neo52285 Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 I liked him as Superman and I agree with other people from IMDB, Tom is like a boy compared to Brandon...its Superman not Superboy Quote
PinkCouture Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 James Franco is too short he would not make a good superman :| there I said it Who cares? He is hot And you cannot deny that. Quote
PinkCouture Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 No Superman is hotter than the young Chris Reeves (Y) The rest are just :yuckky: Quote
PinkCouture Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 (edited) I liked him as Superman and I agree with other people from IMDB, Tom is like a boy compared to Brandon...its Superman not Superboy I have to agree Brandon Routh looks a lot like Jason Schwartzman Edited July 7, 2006 by PinkCouture Quote
persuazn Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 yay for Brandon I will vote once I see the movie Quote
mylovelyangel Posted July 8, 2006 Author Posted July 8, 2006 I liked him as Superman and I agree with other people from IMDB, Tom is like a boy compared to Brandon...its Superman not Superboy Isn't Tom older then Brandon James Franco is too short he would not make a good superman :| there I said it Who cares? He is hot And you cannot deny that. Thats not the point here Quote
mylovelyangel Posted July 8, 2006 Author Posted July 8, 2006 yay for Brandon I will vote once I see the movie Thanks for being the only one complimenting Brandon, it is his thread people Quote
mylovelyangel Posted July 8, 2006 Author Posted July 8, 2006 No Superman is hotter than the young Chris Reeves (Y) The rest are just :yuckky: :| Dissing Tom and Brandon, CRUCIOOOOO!!!!!! Quote
tinky Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 I liked him as Superman and I agree with other people from IMDB, Tom is like a boy compared to Brandon...its Superman not Superboy I have to agree Brandon Routh looks a lot like Jason Schwartzman and that's a reason to not to like him!Fortunately,Schwartzman is not Superman..thank God! Quote
persuazn Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 Thanks for being the only one complimenting Brandon, it is his thread people people are just haters Here are some more pics of him 2006 MTV Movie Awards Quote
mylovelyangel Posted July 8, 2006 Author Posted July 8, 2006 Thanks for being the only one complimenting Brandon, it is his thread people people are just haters Here are some more pics of him 2006 MTV Movie Awards thanks for contributing bonnie Quote
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