Post by dividavi on May 23, 2019 23:59:25 GMT
Brandon Routh had a not-so-super breakthrough
Dormant since the failure of 1987's Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, the Superman franchise returned in 2006 with, uh, Superman Returns. Replacing the late, great Christopher Reeve in the tights, cape, and helmet hair: Brandon Routh, an affable and handsome young actor whose resume to that point consisted almost entirely of bit parts and guest-star roles.
Superman Returns was supposed to be a massive blockbuster, and it was supposed to make Routh a household name, or at least the anchor of a long-running Superman franchise. Neither of those things happened. Superman Returns didn't bomb, but it wasn't exactly a cultural event. It inched over the $200 million mark, which, combined with the relatively meager $191 million from foreign markets, barely covered the $270 production budget. While director Bryan Singer and co-star Kevin Spacey (he was Lex Luthor) recovered (until 2017), it was Routh's career that suffered. He didn't show up in a movie — a small role in Zack and Miri Make a Porno — for two years. Since then, he's done mostly supporting roles and TV gigs, with his most notable as of this writing in yet another, less notable comic book-based leading role as Ray Palmer/The Atom in The CW's Legends of Tomorrow.
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Dormant since the failure of 1987's Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, the Superman franchise returned in 2006 with, uh, Superman Returns. Replacing the late, great Christopher Reeve in the tights, cape, and helmet hair: Brandon Routh, an affable and handsome young actor whose resume to that point consisted almost entirely of bit parts and guest-star roles.
Superman Returns was supposed to be a massive blockbuster, and it was supposed to make Routh a household name, or at least the anchor of a long-running Superman franchise. Neither of those things happened. Superman Returns didn't bomb, but it wasn't exactly a cultural event. It inched over the $200 million mark, which, combined with the relatively meager $191 million from foreign markets, barely covered the $270 production budget. While director Bryan Singer and co-star Kevin Spacey (he was Lex Luthor) recovered (until 2017), it was Routh's career that suffered. He didn't show up in a movie — a small role in Zack and Miri Make a Porno — for two years. Since then, he's done mostly supporting roles and TV gigs, with his most notable as of this writing in yet another, less notable comic book-based leading role as Ray Palmer/The Atom in The CW's Legends of Tomorrow.
Read More: www.nickiswift.com/111139/celebs-disappeared-giant-movie-flop/sl/brandon-routh-had-a-not-so-super-breakthrough?utm_campaign=clip