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Kevin Costner Has Nothing Better to Do Than Be Superman’s Dad


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?Kevin Costner has been needlessly cast as Pa Kent in Zack Snyder’s Superman movie. As you’ll recall, Diane Lane has been equally overcast as Ma Kent, which was announced not long after Sally Field was cast as Aunt May in the Spider-Man reboot. This trend annoys me. The movie’s supposed to be about Superman, not his goddamned foster parents. I shouldn’t have to think about how many times I saw Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991 while I watch Clark have a tender moment with his folks.

Obviously, this is the price we pay for getting relative unknowns as the superheroes themselves. The studios demand stars in their movies, but the directors know that if you cast well-known actors, you just see them, not the characters they portray. So in compromise, they cast bankable stars in incredibly distracting bit parts instead. I get that. I just don’t like it. (Via /Film)