The Official Casting The Superman Reboot Thread - Part 1

[Krumm]

*sigh*

Fine, make Jimmy white under any and all circumstances.

Dude, I'm with you and tried it before... it's kind of a losing battle. That being said... t:

He's too old and doesn't quite fit my image of Jimmy.

Donald does an excellent job of play a funny, college-aged, innocent/naive boy on Community. I'll concede that it may not be your image of Jimmy but it definitely fits mine.

How do you the rest of you see Jimmy?

 

[--Zero-Ethic--]

They could cast Whoopi Goldberg as Jimmy for all I care lol
Never liked him.

 

[Project862006]

i just feel it is unnecessary to change jimmy to black do you really want people to see the nerdy weak black kid following around the big strong american white man

 

[jthom19802]

Donald does an excellent job of play a funny, college-aged, innocent/naive boy on Community. I'll concede that it may not be your image of Jimmy but it definitely fits mine.

Bingo.

i just feel it is unnecessary to change jimmy to black do you really want people to see the nerdy weak black kid following around the big strong american white man

I want to see a good actor portraying a nerdy photographer who follows around another good actor portraying a big strong reporter. So if that is Donald Glover, then yes, yes I do. t:

 

[Sabaoth]

i just feel it is unnecessary to change jimmy to black do you really want people to see the nerdy weak black kid following around the big strong american white man

You don't need to make Jimmy black, just bring in Ron Troupe (who we just saw last night on Smallville.)
Ron Troupe can be Man of Steel's Lucius Fox.
An interesting fact concerning diversity in the Superman movies can be observed, by those so interested, in a conscious viewing of Superman II (Lester) and Superman II (Donner version.)
There is a cultural diversity present in the Donner cut which is glaringly absent in the Lester cut; This is not to give an opinion of Lester but simply to note that Donner did pay attention to such details, whereas Lester did not.
Take time to replay both movies back to back with this information in mind and you'll understand and perhaps wonder why you did not notice before.

 

[Wheels]

I would be fine with Glover as Jimmy, he's a funny dude, and I do think Jmmy and Perry could be played by black actors and it wouldn't matter.

 

[GreenKToo]

Doesn't matter to me about Jimmy.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Jimmy is not a comedian. So that rules Glover out.

Anton Yelchin fits the bill perfectly.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Michael C. Hall - Lex Luthor

Ed Harris - Perry White

or

Bruce Greenwood - Perry White

Joel Edgerton - Metallo

Maggie Q - Faora

Malcolm McDowell - Doctor Vale

Sharlto Copley - Brainiac

 

[Jake Cassidy]

I just didn't get the joke. I'm dense that way sometimes.

Sometimes?

 

[Krumm]

Jimmy is not a comedian. So that rules Glover out.

Anton Yelchin fits the bill perfectly.

Jimmy's not Russian either so that rules him out.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Jimmy is a ginger.

 

[Project862006]

then get Joshua Logan Moore he is a red head and is only 17

 

[Eddie Dean]

I don't know him, but he looks great for Jimmy.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Jimmy's not Russian either so that rules him out.

Ah, touchè...

 

[Eddie Dean]

Erik Per Sullivan for Jimmy

 

[Wheels]

Erik Per Sullivan for Jimmy

What's he been in? Never heard of him.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle -

Spoiler

 

[Project862006]

Daily Planet Castt:

 

[Wheels]

Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle -

Spoiler

No way! I didn't recognise him.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Dewey for Lex!!!!

 

[Project862006]

just look at him just plotting his evil plan

 

[Rodrigo90]

Dewey was a scheming little bastard. Always getting one over on both Malcom and Reece. t:

 

[jthom19802]

Very well I will leave Donald Glover alone... ...for now.

Jimmy Olsen:

Bret Harrison

 

[Rodrigo90]

If Alice Eve was cast as Cat,she would be the youngest and hottest MILF on the planet.

Cause didn't Cat, have a teenage son who was murdered by Toyman?