Actors Who Were Supposed To Be The Next Big Thing But Fizzled Out

Superman Returns

Routh's biggest role was arguably in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns in 2006. Despite the buildup to the huge role, the film did poorly at the box offices. Looks like it takes a special actor to replace Christopher Reeve, and Routh wasn't it.

The More You Know

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Rowan Atkinson – also known as Mr. Bean – is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.
No actor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ recognized that Vader was Luke’s dad.
Nestlé supplied 1,850 bars of real chocolate for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.