Brendan Fraser recently revealed that he auditioned for the role of Superman in the early 2000s, a role he didn't get due to multiple factors.
Brendan Fraser recently revealed that he auditioned for the role of Superman in the early 2000s, a role he didn’t get due to what he described as a blend of shenanigans and a poor screen test., Fraser revealed that he, along with what he described as “everyone in town,” did audition for the role of the superhero in the early 2000s. The audition was for a film that was, at the time, being developed by J.J. Abrams.
“Everyone in town was reading for Superman. They were testing six or seven guys in 2002 or 2003,” said Fraser, who name-dropped Paul Walker as one of the men reading for the role. “Of course it’s a life-changing, amazing opportunity, but I had to reconcile with, ‘Okay, say you do get the job to be the Man of Steel. It’s going to be chipped on your gravestone. Are you okay with that? You will forevermore be known as the Man of Steel.
Ultimately, Fraser didn’t end up getting the role, something he chalked up to what he calls “shenanigans and studio politics,” but what he also acknowledged might have been a bad screen test due to not being fully committed to the idea of playing the role. “I felt disappointed that there was an amazing opportunity, and it didn’t come to fruition,” Fraser said. “It had to do a lot with shenanigans and studio politics, and, probably, inherently, in my screen test. I think that’s why you test — they could kind of see I was only there like 98% instead.”
Following a bit of a hiatus from the world of acting, Fraser has burst back onto the scene, starring in the critically acclaimed, a role for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Up next, he’ll star in Martin Scorsese’s
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