"Superman" film off the ground with Ben Affleck in the lead spot. The two men were falling off the accomplishment of "Mallrats" at that point. Warner Bros. was being developed on a new "Superman" film named "Superman Reborn," however Smith thought the screenplay was "awful." That's when Smith pitched his own "Superman" film dependent on "The Death of Superman" comic series. Smith's content went into advancement with maker Jon Peters, yet the two conflicted over projecting.
"I was composing it for Affleck," Smith said. "Ben was warming up. Like he was there. I think he'd been employed for 'Armageddon.' Affleck, he's a fucking goliath, similar to he's assembled like a superhuman, fabricated like a monster activity figure, especially with the tallness. And afterward he puts on the muscles there as well. So in my mind and heart, it was dependably Ben and Michael Rooker."
Smith needed Affleck for Superman and Rooker for the contemptible job of Lex Luther, however Peters had an alternate thought. The Hollywood maker needed to give Sean Penn a role as Superman, as the entertainer was hot off an Oscar selection for Best Actor on account of his part in the 1995 show "Dead Man Walking."
"[Jon Peters] goes, 'Examine [Penn's] eyes in that film, he's [got] tormented eyes, the eyes of an executioner,'" Smith said. "What's more I resembled, 'Fella, it's Superman. You know, that is not the way in which a great many people consider Superman'… But he needed to rehash it. He needed something coarse, realistic and adult. He basically needed like what Zack Snyder ultimately did [in 'Man of Steel,' 'Batman v Superman' and 'Equity League,' which incidentally highlighted Affleck as Batman inverse Henry Cavill's Superman]."
Tim Burton in the end assumed control over the reins of "Superman Lives" and set Nicolas Cage to star. Affleck would have his superhuman chance years after the fact by being given a role as Batman/Bruce Wayne in "Batman v Superman." Affleck is repeating the person in Warner Bros.' impending comic book tentpole "The Flash," due in theaters November 4.
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