If you been lucky enough to catch an advance screening of Kevin Smith's Zack And Miri Make A Porno, you may well be wondering about one particular piece of casting - Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) as a gay porn star.
And it seems Smith is keen on the idea of a gay Superman.
When asked if he cast Routh in the role to send a message to the team behind Superman Returns, Smith said: "I think it was total coincidence, but it really works. Wouldn't that movie be awesome if Superman was out as gay?"
But he's not worried about a Warner Brothers backlash. "I did ask Brandon, of course, after we were done shooting, whether he had a morales clause in his contract that may prevent him from playing a role like this, and he said as long as he didn't play another superhero, Warner Brothers did not care."
Smith added: "They don't care. They've got The Dark Knight."
Maybe that means Smith's aiming for a gay Batman next. Oh, wait, that's Batman & Robin. Never mind.
[Source: SciFi Wire]
Comments
jukeofurl
Nov 10th 2008, 15:55
Hey Kevin-create a new gay superhero. This revisionist crap needs to stop. Superman is not a homosexual, in fact, he's not even a homo sapien. As for Batman & Robin, that's pure crap. Bruce Wayne took in Dick Grayson because he was orphaned the same way he was. Why they need to be glossed gay, when it was a father/son & mentor/student realationship, is bullshit. I don't care how much I like Kevin's work ( I do-watching REAPER S/1 right now! ) or other's, they need to stop switching things around just because they can, either seriously or in jest. It's pandering. You're good enough to innovate, not renovate.
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