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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's -- definitely not Jude Law ! During an appearance on The Playlist 's The Discourse podcast, the 51-year-old Firebrand star revealed that he was one of the many actors to audition for a chance at playing the iconic cape-wearing superhero in the 2000s. As Law recalled, he auditioned for Warner Bros. Pictures during preproduction with filmmaker Brett Ratner for a project known as Superman: Flyby .

"There was a process of flirtation going on," he said. "And I always resisted because it just felt like [off]. And I know you can say, 'Well, but you played Yon-Rogg and Dumbledore!' It just felt like a step too far.



" Law told the podcast hosts that he doesn't remember "reading" a script, so production probably hadn't written one yet. "This is a long time ago. They brought me the suit.

They thought, 'This might change your mind.'" Establishing that the suit wasn't the iconic blue and red that Christopher Reeve made famous, Law continued, "Anyway, I tried it on and I looked in the mirror and part of me initially was like, 'Wow, this would be a [good thing],' and then I just thought, 'No, you can't - you can't do this. You can't.

'" "And I didn't sell myself to myself. And I stepped away and the film never happened anyway," he added. "So maybe it probably wouldn't have done anything.

" Law is the latest actor to open up about his brief brush with superhero tights; Matt Bomer recently discussed his audition for Ratner during an appearance on The Hollywood Rep.

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