The Official Casting The Superman Reboot Thread - Part 1

[Man of Tomorrow]

Highmore needs to grow up a little before I can seriously consider him for Jimmy.

Thing is, he's almost 19.

I'd say Jimmy needs to be a teenage intern at the Planet in this, given how young Cavill is and how young Clark/Superman is.


It would be bizarre to have Mr Kent and his sidekick Jimmy being too close in age.

It would feel like CW's Smallville and the fake Jimmy.


I've always felt Jimmy is to Clark/Superman, what Robin is to Batman, as far as dynamics between characters go.......sidekicks

 

[Majik1387]

He could be 21, but he still looks like a tween.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

I don't think so.

He, at least, looks like a teenager nowadays, which is how old Jimmy needs to be if he's calling Cavill "Sir" or "Mr. Kent"

 

[batman44]

Routh and Sam Huntington are close in age and they worked out fine, but I do think Highmore is a fine choice.

 

[Lobo]

I want Dustin Milligan as Jimmy Olson

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

Routh and Sam Huntington are close in age and they worked out fine, but I do think Highmore is a fine choice.

SR's a different case. Huntington's Jimmy was meant to be older.

He was supposed to be a mid-20s Jimmy who is down on work since Superman disappeared 5 years prior.

As far as Routh's age, a common complaint was that he was too young to play an older version of Reeve's Superman.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm still ridiculously pro-Yelchin.

 

[Wheels]

What about Freddie Highmore (Astro Boy, Finding Neverland) as Jimmy Olsen

He can act

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1Pl9VTZ_4&NR=1

Highmore is a great chocie for Jimmy.

 

[Octoberist]

Routh and Sam Huntington are close in age and they worked out fine, but I do think Highmore is a fine choice.

Huntingoton was probably the best thing that came out of Superman Returns.

I do want, however, an updated version of Jimmy. Give him a modern look and ditch the bowtie.

 

[Silvermoth]

Huntingoton was probably the best thing that came out of Superman Returns.

I do want, however, an updated version of Jimmy. Give him a modern look and ditch the bowtie.

But bow ties are awesome!

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

Routh and Sam Huntington are close in age and they worked out fine, but I do think Highmore is a fine choice.

SR's a different case. Huntington's Jimmy was meant to be older.

He was supposed to be a mid-20s Jimmy who is down on work since Superman disappeared 5 years prior.

As far as Routh's age, a common complaint was that he was too young to play an older version of Reeve's Superman.

I've never thought of Jimmy as a kid necessarily, just that he is perpetually youthful. My Dentist is the same way, you'd never know he was 30-something because he looks 18. Jimmy Olsen to me is Superman's Kitty Pryde. Not a boy, but not quite a man either.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I was always for an updated Jimmy away from that bowtie and completely fauning over Clark/Superman. I'm not saying that he can't admire/look up to Clark/Superman but don't make it as creepy as the 1950's comics because that stuff just doesn't fly now or days. Make him look up to Superman but make him has own man too, his own man who wears modern clothes.

 

[Mr. Thing]

Funny thing is, bow-ties are very fashionable currently.

I wouldn't mind a bow-tie on Jimmy, but only for about a scene or something. A little cameo appearance, like a little in-joke.

 

[Majik1387]

The bow-tie stays or else.

 

[Frodo]

I'm pushing for Thomas Sangster of Love Actually and Nowhere Boy. He's a fellow brit like Cavill and looks like he stepped off of the pages of a comic. He's also about 21 but can pass for alot younger.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Highmore is a great chocie for Jimmy.

The fact that he has "beat me up now" stamped all over him is a bit distracting, though.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I'm pushing for Thomas Sangster of Love Actually and Nowhere Boy. He's a fellow brit like Cavill and looks like he stepped off of the pages of a comic. He's also about 21 but can pass for alot younger.

Yeah, he might fit as Jimmy. Plus he's already in upcoming comic-book movie.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Yeah, he might fit as Jimmy. Plus he's already in upcoming comic-book movie.

He's 21!? My god, if he walked into my bar, i'd refuse to serve him, even if he had ID on him. Even in nowhere boy I thought he looked madly young.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

He's 21!? My god, if he walked into my bar, i'd refuse to serve him, even if he had ID on him. Even in nowhere boy I thought he looked madly young.

Quick, ready the testosterone injections!

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

Sangster is another great choice.

I could buy him as a young sidekick who looks up to Cavill..aka "Mr Kent"

 

[Changeling]

Cavill Superman
Lois: Kunis or McAdams
Jimmy: Yelchin
Perry: Bruce Greenwood
Ma: Diane Lane
Pa: Kevin Costner
Zod: Viggo
Lex: Joaquin Phoenix or Daniel Craig
Lana: Kate Mara
Ursa: Olivia Wilde
Non: Robert Maillet
Brainiac: Some dudes voice

 

[Wheels]

The fact that he has "beat me up now" stamped all over him is a bit distracting, though.

I don't get that from Freddie at all. He was Great in Finding Neverland and August Rush, and he looks the right age.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

I don't get that from Freddie at all. He was Great in Finding Neverland and August Rush, and he looks the right age.

He's one of those actors I could never stand watching.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Cavill Superman
Lois: Kunis or McAdams
Jimmy: Yelchin
Perry: Bruce Greenwood
Ma: Diane Lane
Pa: Kevin Costner
Zod: Viggo
Lex: Joaquin Phoenix or Daniel Craig
Lana: Kate Mara
Ursa: Olivia Wilde
Non: Robert Maillet
Brainiac: Some dudes voice

Anyone have a youtube clip of this Dudes Voice guy? I've never seen his work. t:

 

[Changeling]

Anyone have a youtube clip of this Dudes Voice guy? I've never seen his work. t:

No clips but he starred in 2005's That One Guy Im pretty sure he won an oscar