Big news on the Man of Steel front this week. Deadline is reporting that none other than Kevin Costner is being pursued to play the role of Jonathan "Pa" Kent in Zack Snyder's upcoming Superman reboot. To be clear Costner at this point has not officially been offered the role and no news yet as to whether he'd even accept the part.
No one will ever top Glenn Ford's portrayal in the 1978 Richard Donner classic, however I think Costner would be a perfect fit as Clark Kent's adoptive Earth father. Anyone who has ever seen Field of Dreams or Open Range knows he has the ability to play that Mid-West homegrown country boy type. Costner never comes across as a Hollywood douche either. I can just picture Costner in a Carhart jacket bailing hay on the Kent farm. Fits better than a tommygun in The Untouchables. Barring Costner, Dennis Quaid would be a strong choice as well. That's assuming of course he can take time away from preventing his brother Randy from crossing the Canadian border. But I digress.
What might be a more difficult task is finding the right man to play Jor-El, Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman's Kryptonian father. Or will he even appear in the film? For that matter will the Fortress of Solitude even appear? Could this hypothetical actor top Marlon Brando's performance? Will I still fit into my Superman pajamas in December 2012? (That last is a joke.) Strike back folks! Who do you think should play Jor-El?
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