Brandon Routh Used WORLD OF WARCRAFT To Cope With SUPERMAN RETURNS Not Getting A Sequel

Brandon Routh Used WORLD OF WARCRAFT To Cope With SUPERMAN RETURNS Not Getting A Sequel

During a recent interview, Legends of Tomorrow star Brandon Routh opened up about how he coped with realizing that his time as the Man of Steel had come to an end after Superman Returns. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Mar 08, 2020 03:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman Returns
Source: Inside Of You With Michael Rosenbaum
Superman Returns was well-received by critics in 2006, but it never really took flight at the box office (something which was blamed on those ties to the original Superman movies). Now, star Brandon Routh has talked about what it was like for him to learn that his time as the Man of Steel had ended. 

The failure of the movie hurt the actor's career at the time, and he admits that the aftermath took its toll on his mental health. However, he "didn't lean on drugs or alcohol or partying" to help get him through it. "I played World of Warcraft endlessly. That was my addiction, and then a few other games along the way, but that was where I lost myself and spent way too much time."

Routh went on to say that he "really had to come to terms" with the Superman franchise not going anywhere. "There was no sequel, the movie was widely well reviewed, people liked the movie, but it, you know, made almost $400 million worldwide but that wasn't enough."

"And it was a very slow fizzle out of the possibility of a sequel over the next two, three years and I did everything that I could do, that I thought, in my world to help make it happen,"
he continued. "[World of Warcraft] was a coping mechanism, but it wasn't teaching me things, until I finally had several experiences where I had to come to terms with that."
 
Routh was given the opportunity to play Superman again, and got to say goodbye to the character in the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. While the actor has recently expressed his disappointment with how his Legends of Tomorrow exit has been handled, his future is definitely looking brighter now than it did after Superman Returns arrived in theaters nearly fifteen years ago.

What do you guys make of Routh's comments? 
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MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 3/8/2020, 4:10 AM
Irony of the highest order!

Imfunnyhow
Imfunnyhow - 3/8/2020, 4:12 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - yeah I use Star Wars Battlefront 1 to destroy, embarrass, and troll people, it gets me through the week
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 3/8/2020, 4:28 AM
Damn, you go elsewhere and you can get all this info, what Routh said, in ONE article, here you have (at the very least) 3 or 4 articles.

Makes you wonder.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 3/8/2020, 1:21 PM
@Doomsday8888 - look at the article with Jim from The Office. He said half a paragraph about Marvel studios and it was turned into 3 separate post... with “NEXT” buttons.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 3/8/2020, 4:35 AM
It’s funny bc Henry Cavill missed the Man of Steel call bc he was playing WoW
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 3/8/2020, 5:04 AM
@Ha1frican - plot twist: Cavill heard from someone that Routh had become a WoW addict after losing the role and made up the story as a burn.
Kurne
Kurne - 3/8/2020, 5:49 AM
@Ha1frican - that story is repeated over and over and over again in every single comment section on the internet, and stated as if nobody has heard it before. We haveeeeeee
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 3/8/2020, 6:40 AM
@Ha1frican - Both Supermen are [frick]ing nerds.
Battabing
Battabing - 3/8/2020, 6:46 AM
@RageDriver2401 - At least Routh got to be Superman again. I don't know if we can say the same for Cavill.

Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 3/8/2020, 9:57 AM
@Battabing - well Cavill played him 3 times whereas Routh only played him once 🤷🏽‍♂️
Origame
Origame - 3/8/2020, 3:13 PM
@BritishMonkey -
Kumkani
Kumkani - 3/8/2020, 4:57 AM
What a [frick]ing coincidence lol
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 3/8/2020, 5:01 AM
Single, 1 hour interview = 345 articles for CBM.com. Well done, gentlemen.
cyclopstb
cyclopstb - 3/8/2020, 7:34 AM
He needs to play Superman one more time.
Philvis
Philvis - 3/8/2020, 7:41 AM
On a positive note, his acting has really improved. Back in the day, however, I used to refer to him as 2x4 Routh. A sequel is the last thing that horrible film deserved. Always has been a nice guy though.
knomad
knomad - 3/8/2020, 9:24 AM
Why is this considered news?

"Brandon Routh used the facilities when he was on set for Both Legends and Superman Returns!"

Neeeed... clickbait... nowwwwwwww

Baaaaaaaaiiiiitttttt
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/8/2020, 9:58 AM
At this point, the comics should make it canon for Superman to be a Warcraft fan.
MasterMix
MasterMix - 3/8/2020, 11:57 AM
Just imagine a Dark Knight caliber Superman Returns sequel.
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