Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer is set to replace Julia Ormond in Man Of Steel, playing the role of Lara Lor-Van (aka Superman's mum).
No explanation has been given for the last-minute casting change but Zurer is expected to begin filming this week.
She has previously appeared in Dan Brown's religious potboiler Angels & Demons and also played Eric Bana's wife in Steven Spielberg's Munich.
This time she'll be cosying up to Russell Crowe, who plays her Kryptonian husband Jor-El.
While TF would love to crack a joke about how a quick change in a Superman movie usually takes place in a phone booth, we really don't want to dishonour Supes' dead relatives.
Even if we think Kal-El would probably handle the joke better than a certain orphaned billionaire we know.
Source: Deadline.com
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bistoman
Sep 27th 2011, 11:00
Didn't something very similar happen on the first season of "SmallVille"? Cynthia Ettinger was replaced by Annette O'Toole as Martha Kent.
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liamio2802
Sep 27th 2011, 13:07
Yes Bistoman you are right dunno if Julia Ormond had done any filming though these are the smallville scenes with Cynthia Ettinger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8dFQacmwV4
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FBALee
Sep 29th 2011, 3:14
I love Julia Ormond, but since the role will almost undoubtedly comprise of only about 1-2 brief scenes, I'm just going to shrug at this bit of casting news.
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