19 years ago, this actor could have been an international star … but Superman destroyed his career

Of all the actors who portrayed Superman by live action, from Kirk Alini and George Reeves to Henry Kavli, who passed Christopher Riv on the big screen (and even Nicolas Cage quickly), or from Dean Cain to Tyler Hochlin. Looking forward to the television side, Brandon Ruth is what is most often neglected. In 2006, the actor performed the emblem hero Superman returned Brian Singer, a film that appears to be the starting point for Roth’s career.

Unfortunately, the feature film failed to achieve its goals: with its colossal budget $ 270 million, it had to become a new superherical phenomenon of that moment Brandon RuthFor the rank of world superstar. He was only 25 years old and made his debut on the big screen there, in the series on TV for small roles such as Gilmore Girls, Cold Case or Will & Grace. For anecdote, he especially applied to the role of Superman for Smallville Series a few years ago, the role that was finally given Tom Welling.

The film was not a complete failure and yet …

During its release, Superman returns He gained the results of modest cash registers, $ 391 million in world box office and some reasonable praise. Perform Brandon Ruth It was also quite a rush. However, the studio’s expectations were not satisfied and he abandoned the next project. Superman Brandon Ruth Thus, they condemned one appearance- or almost, because we were able to see it again in the crisis episode on the infinite earth of DC-verse television!

A young actor’s career was chosen for such an important role, but that got the opposite result. Without fully being (DC knew worse), the film was perceived as a real failure and its star made Paria, who could not win other major roles in the coming years. We only saw this in Zack & Miri in secondary roles, from Porn Kevin Smith or by Scott Pilgrim by Edgar Wright. After that, he simply continued his television career in serials such as Chuck and partners before the DC comic book universe was reintegrated with the interpretation of Ray Palmer, Aliya’s atom, arrow, flash series and tomorrow’s legends.

Without responsibility for this, Superman returns So it damaged a career Brandon Ruth Just because of the little recognized visibility level that he gave to him and his superman was not the one who remained in our memories. Hopefully the next owner of the role, David Korensvet, does not suffer from the same fate.

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