Q 01/05
A) Henry Cavill
B) Brandon Routh
C) Armie Hammer
D) Tom Welling
Answer · why
He was the first non-American to play the part, and had lost Superman Returns to Brandon Routh.
Q 02/05
A) Christopher Nolan
B) Bryan Singer
C) Zack Snyder
D) Guillermo del Toro
Answer · why
Nolan produced and developed the story with writer David S. Goyer; del Toro turned it down for At the Mountains of Madness.
Q 03/05
A) The DC Universe (DCU)
B) The DC Extended Universe
C) The Arrowverse
D) The Dark Knight trilogy
Answer · why
James Gunn's Superman (2025) rebooted things again as the first film of the DC Universe.
Q 04/05
A) Viggo Mortensen
B) Daniel Day-Lewis
C) Terence Stamp
D) Michael Shannon
Answer · why
Mortensen and Day-Lewis were considered; Terence Stamp played Zod in the Christopher Reeve era.
Q 05/05
A) Sean Penn
B) Clive Owen
C) Marlon Brando
D) Russell Crowe
Answer · why
Penn and Owen were considered; Crowe said he had not realised he would be wearing Spandex.
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