It worked for Batman but Is Superman British now too?
30 year old Rupert Evans who was John Myers in Hellboy looks likely to have been cast as Superman for JLA.
This Justice League of America movie is set to break an awful lot of records. It will of course be the first time Batman and Superman have ever appeared in the same feature film together. It will be the first time two actors have existed as Batman at the very same time. It will be the first time Warner Brothers have not only two but THREE actors working as Superman at the same time (Tom Welling on Smallville and Brandon Routh in Singer's series). And... if you are to believe Cinema Blend and their latest scoop, the first time Superman has been played by a non-American...
His name is Rupert Evans, you will probably remember him as the secondary character of John Myers in the first Hellboy movie (he isn't in the sequel). Apart from a few roles on British t.v, that is just about it. He is 30 years old and I wouldn't have put too much faith into the rumor until I saw AICN's posting on the matter, where they claim they heard that Evans had been cast in an big unspecified role that the actor was in the process of 'beefing up' for. The casting is absolutely crazy casting isn't it? He kinda reminds me of Shia LaBeouf or the dude who plays Iceman in X-Men, you just wouldn't want them as Superman. Brandon Routh and Tom Welling have both done well playing the character and I'm absolutely shocked that Warner Brothers haven't gone in the same direction with their casting here and instead gone for a 5"10 actor with the face of a teenager. A Brit as Superman? The guy who stances for Truth, Justice and The American Way? I know Bale is Welsh and he's done a fine job playing an All-American Hero but method actors like him don't come around very often.