Yesterday, Nina wrote about an interview Dark Horizons had done with Kevin Spacey about his role in the upcoming Superman Returns, which can be found here.
Today, Dark Horizons posted an interview with Superman himself, Brandon Routh, about his own experiences during the making of the film. Compared to the Kevin Spacey interview, we can really feel how bare Routh's history is, being a newcomer to Hollywood. Many questions had to do with his preparation for the role, mostly in a superficial sense (exercising, doing things "another way" on set, etc), and otherwise some of Routh's answers are quite vague.
Nevetheless, there are some interesting parts:
Question: Are you prepared for what's going to happen to your career as a result of this movie? Are you prepared for the post-Superman, the whole personal life, and the paparazzi?
Routh: Well I think so. As I said before, I'm prepared to be prepared and I think that remains the same, you know there's no way to really know what it's going to feel like. I think for each individual it's different and
Question: Well maybe no one will go.
Routh: Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.
Question: How do you prepare for something like that? Do you get advice from like Kate Bosworth for example?
Routh: Just you know being again being open to it. If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.
Warning to paparazzi, Superman is keeping a bulletproof eye on you!
Question: Is there one sequence in the movie that you loved doing that really made you appreciate what you were doing?
Routh: Well there are many and I don't know if I can talk about all them still even yet. You guys have seen them, but there are some heart-felt moments, you know, on Krypton and everything that happens there, you know, testing the limits of Superman's you know even though we know he's Earth's greatest protector, he really has to prove it so those are some powerful moments for me and finding that within myself and being able to display that and kind of live that for those scenes was really fantastic.
But...
Question: Were you there every step of the way because the original was about 2:55 or something, as he trimmed it down were you a little disappointed at all that they cut down the Krypton OPENING?
Routh: I was at first but I mean I thought at first that I wanted a little bit of that in there but the reasoning behind what they cut and what they kept really makes sense and it really played for me when I saw it yesterday, it all worked and was understood.
Not so much Krypton. For the rest of the interview, click here. I am personally very sensitive to the amount of publicity and marketing a film has (too much and I get sick of the movie before I've even seen it), and I will be avoiding any more interviews relating to Superman Returns.
I have been very pleased with the trailers and the images that I've seen, and am greatly looking forward to this film. Though Brandon Routh lacks the experience of many other Hollywood people (in terms of interviews), I have a feeling that he will be convincing as The Man of Steel.
