Superman Reboot (Man of Steel)

[Rico]

He's 27 now and 6' 1", which is fine for the part.  Unless they took my idea and went with an older, more established Superman.  Here's some trivia about him from IMDB...

Trivia

Grew up in Jersey in Great Britain, a small island between England and France.

His dream role is to play Alexander the Great

Likes rugby, but no longer plays due to injuries.

Went to boarding school.

Never leaves home without money, credit cards and his passport.

Has a knack for languages.

His favorite item of clothing is a brown leather jacket, an item he says he could not live without.

Auditioned for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Begins (2005).

Was Stephenie Meyer's first choice to play Edward in the adaptation of "Twilight," but by the time the film came to be, he was 25-years old, and no longer looked the part of a 17-year old.

After auditioning, but failing to land the roles of Bruce Wayne/Batman, Superman/Clark Kent, and James Bond; he was dubbed "...the most unlucky man in Hollywood" by Empire Magazine (December 2005).

Cavill auditioned for the lead role in Batman Begins, but lost out to Christian Bale. In 2005, he became a young contender for the role of James Bond, and performed in a final screentest. However, the producers believed Cavill was too young for the role, which then went to Daniel Craig. He also auditioned for the role of Superman in Superman Returns, and was reportedly under heavy consideration before the October 2004 casting of Brandon Routh. Due to this; In the December 2005 edition of Empire Magazine, he was dubbed "...the most unlucky man in Hollywood".

Says if he hadn't picked up acting he would have joined the forces to fulfil his "patriotic pride".

Has an interest in Egyptology.

[Bryancd]

Christopher Reeves wasn't that athletic looking either and he did well in the role.

Agreed, and I never envision Superman as being hugely muscular, but I only know him from the movies, I never watched Smallville or any of the newer stuff.

[Meds]

I like the guy, lets just hope they get the suit right :D

[Bromptonboy]

I can never get George Reeves out of my mind with Superman. 

[Rico]

I can never get George Reeves out of my mind with Superman. 

The first Superman actor I knew too.  He was great.  Make sure to see "Hollywoodland" too.  Interesting take on his life.

[Feathers]

Trivia

Grew up in Jersey in Great Britain, a small island between England and France.

Being pedantic, Jersey is not part of Great Britain so IMDB is wrong :D

[Rico]

IMDB is wrong sometimes.  So what country claims Jersey?  I just think it's funny that there is an island over near the UK called Jersey.  :)

[Feathers]

No country claims it, it's a 'crown dependency' i.e. it's ruled by the Queen but has its own government which is independent of the rest of the UK, similar to the Isle of Man and Guernsey (where my mother comes from which is why I get picky over this stuff).

Guernsey, Jersey (and others) make up the Channel Islands which is the last bit of Norman territory retained by the British monarch from the Norman conquest of 1066. (The rest of Normandy passed back to French rule at some point.)

[Rico]

Sounds kind of like our Puerto Rico.  Still sounds pretty darn British to me.

[Geekyfanboy]

Sounds kind of like our Puerto Rico.  Still sounds pretty darn British to me.

Yeah I agree Rico.. it's ruled but the Queen of England.. sounds like it's part of the UK to me :)

[QuadShot]

Just a note: why would Superman need to have Ah-nold sized muscles anyway? He's from a planet with higher gravity - so when on a planet with lower gravity, he'd be stronger as-is. For all we know, Superman is actually a Pee-Wee Herman on his planet! :) :P

[Meds]

For the record to add to Mikes post there is a total of five islands in the Channel Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Herm and Alderney. They produce nice cream and its a tax free haven, and Bergereac was filmed there lol

[Rico]

In most of the Superman comics he's pretty well-muscled.  It just is the way it's been.  I think he should be fairly well built up, but certainly not Arnold sized.  He needs to be an imposing figure.

[Meds]

I think Chris Reeve had it bang on, plus the shading of the suit should add some depth to the body. As i said before they MUST get the Superman suit right. The last one was terrible. Short shorts is not a good look on anyone especially Superman.

[X]

In most of the Superman comics he's pretty well-muscled.  It just is the way it's been.  I think he should be fairly well built up, but certainly not Arnold sized.  He needs to be an imposing figure.

It depends on which version. He was a big guy at the beginning, but since the 70's, he became far less muscular and more athletic looking. He went from a circus strong man to a fit guy. For the last two decades, aside from All Star superman, he's been just fit and not muscular. When he was shown as very muscular, it was because he was having some issues. If I had to put it in words, he had the build of an army guy as opposed to the build of a marine.