SUPERMAN RETURNS - ROUTH'S DOUBTS OVER 'DARK' SUPERMAN FRANCHISE

ROUTH'S DOUBTS OVER 'DARK' SUPERMAN FRANCHISE

SUPERMAN RETURNS star BRANDON ROUTH is against plans to show the comic book character's darker side in a new movie.
The actor played the legendary superhero in Bryan Singer's 2006 adaptation and he is rumoured to be stepping into the role once again for a sequel.
But Routh is adamant that plans to make the franchise much "darker" than Superman's previous incarnations should not go ahead - because the Man of Steel will always be a clean-cut character.
He tells Moviehole.net, "I don't know how much darker you want to make it necessarily. You make the stakes higher, you make the villain darker, I think that's a way to do it. But I don't think Superman himself needs to be darker. He definitely has to struggle.
"But I don't think Superman should ever be dark and brooding, that's not his nature. And that's now what people want to see."