\u201cI loved that screenplay,\u201d he said. \u201cThey let me read it. They locked me in an empty office in some studio lot, signed an NDA. It was printed black on crimson paper. So you couldn\u2019t photocopy it or sneak it out the door inconspicuously. It was Shakespeare in space. It was a really good screenplay, it really was.\u201c<\/p>\n
Related Fraser continued, \u201cSo yes, I was considered, I did a screen test, I did wear the big guy suit. I also remember thinking, \u2018If I do get this job, then I think Superman\u2019s going to be chipped on my gravestone.\u2019 Like, there\u2019s an element of \u2018you are that\u2019 for the rest of your days. That\u2019s not a bad thing, but it is something that becomes part of your entire brand, who you are. And I don\u2019t know if I was ready to take that on then. I mean, I felt I was because you know, big opportunity and excitement, but I don\u2019t know.\u201d <\/p>\n The actor then referenced director Terry George, with whom he worked on Whole Lotta Sole, who said, \u201c\u2018If it\u2019s not for you, then it\u2019ll pass you by.\u2019 And it wasn\u2019t for me.\u201d After more directors, writers, and cast members came and went, Superman: Flyby ultimately became Superman Returns<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fraser can currently be seen starring in Rental Family, a comedy-drama in which he plays a lonely American actor living in Tokyo who starts working for a Japanese rental family service to play stand-in roles in other people\u2019s lives. You can check out a review from our own Chris Bumbray right here<\/a>. He\u2019s also set to reunite with Rachel Weisz for The Mummy 4<\/a>, a new film in the adventure franchise which Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not) will direct from a script by David Coggeshall (The Family Plan).<\/p>\n \n Subscribe to our weekly newsletter\n <\/p>\n
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