Former Dracula to Play Superman's Boss
Summary
Thanks to the unexpected mid-season success of the Fox TV series "House," actor Hugh Laurie has been forced to give up the plum role of Perry White in Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns." Stepping into the recently vacated role is Mr. Frank Langella, a fine character actor who's been seen in movies like "Cutthroat Island" and "Masters of the Universe," but is probably best known for playing the Count in John Badham's 1979 "Dracula" adaptation. Back to Article
Thanks to the unexpected mid-season success of the Fox TV series "House," actor Hugh Laurie has been forced to give up the plum role of Perry White in Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns." Stepping into the recently vacated role is Mr. Frank Langella, a fine character actor who's been seen in movies like "Cutthroat Island" and "Masters of the Universe," but is probably best known for playing the Count in John Badham's 1979 "Dracula" adaptation. Back to Article
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on Apr 07 2005 07:21 PM Yes, but who's going to play the part of the young superman? Because a friend of mine auditioned for the part and he won't say if he got it! The suspense is killing me! (Reply to this) |
on Apr 07 2005 09:17 PM In reply to this comment (#821139) [b]Stephen Bender[/b] I saw a featurette back a couple of weeks ago that featured a kid named Stephen Bender doing wire stunts. The featurette said he had been cast as the young Clark Kent/Superman. I hate to see Hugh Laurie drop out. I think he would have been a perfect Perry White. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 07 2005 09:26 PM That featurette with Stephan h Clic (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 07 2005 10:28 PM Stephen Bender, eh? Well, it sounds like my friend (Actually he's just an aquaintance) didn't get the part. That's a shame. He's a great actor in the making. (Reply to this) |
on Apr 08 2005 03:20 AM [b]Cool.[/b] Cool. I hope they make Superman's boss as talkative and humorous as that of Jonah Jameson (Spiderman's boss). That'd be neat. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 09 2005 04:22 AM Yeah, I agree. I thought Jonah Jameson was one of the funniest characters I've ever seen in a movie. (Reply to this) |
on Apr 09 2005 09:34 PM This is sad. The actor who plays House is extremely hilarious. He would have been great. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 10 2005 01:00 AM [b]"And don't call me 'sugar'!"[/b] Y'know Weinberg, Langella was in [i]Dave[/i] too. Just FYI. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 11 2005 12:53 PM In reply to this comment (#821139) wonder if there will be a tie in to hbos unscripted, as langela plays the acting teacher in that series, and they have already tied in other actors rolls in movies and tv parts to the series (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 11 2005 09:08 PM Langella doesn't play himself on Unscripted though (which I always found weird). So no, they won't be tying this in. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 13 2005 05:13 PM should have gotten guy from house, funny, fits the part (Reply to this) |
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