Anthony Hopkins Lost a Superman Role to a Dead Marlon Brando

Anthony Hopkins was once set to play Jor-El in the early 2000s Superman film project known as "Superman: Flyby" — written by J.J. Abrams and slated to be directed by Brett Ratner. But when that production collapsed, it was reworked into Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns", and Hopkins found himself quietly dropped from the project. [...] The post Anthony Hopkins Lost a Superman Role to a Dead Marlon Brando first appeared on Superman Homepage.