Edit: Thanks to Rob Sutton and TGC, who pointed out that Jack played Non, not Zod as mentioned by other sites and myself. Kudos
Jack O’Halloran – Non in Superman and Superman II – says he’s actually going to set up a meeting with Warner to discuss a reappearance in the upcoming Superman film.
“…when I go back to L.A., I’m going to talk to Warners because we had shot footage at the end (of Superman II) of us being put in police vehicles and taking off without our powers. They’re going to do “Superman”, the new one, right off of I and II like III and IV were never done. Which I think is a very good idea. So, the continuity, they could bring the three of us back coming out of jail. And we would’ve aged dramatically because we were like a thousand years old. Once the powers went away, we would’ve aged. So they can bring us back seeking out Lex Luthor to try to get our powers back and become immortal villains again”, he says.
O’Halloran also says it’s a possibility he might turn up on TV’s Smallville sometime. “There’s been talk back and forth, and I gave them a storyline one time that could bring the three villains into it. But that’s all it went to was talk. Television people are kind of funny. I’m not really a television fan. But the show’s a hit and that shows you the interest in Superman. And I think that is one of the things that has spurred Warner Brothers to really get into doing this (next movie)”.
O’Halloran says he thinks it’s because of legal troubles that it has taken so long for another Superman movie to finally get put in motion. “It’s because they have so many lawsuits. Tom Pollack made a living off of them. Tom Pollack was an attorney and then he became head of Universal Studios because he made such a living from these guys (the Salkinds). I went into his office one time – he had (law)suits stacked up against the wall. It was sad because they’d hurt the little guy. They hurt the vendors and, to me, that was ludicrous. II was such a magnanimous movie and it should’ve been followed up (by III) right away. And they didn’t do it because they were greedy people. They just took the money and ran. And that was really sad. It really was. I mean, I was settled in. I thought we were going to do a string of them. It would’ve been a lot of fun to do that. I think Terrence (Stamp) felt the same way. But I think Christopher (Reeve) was the opposition to it. They couldn’t strike a deal with him. They should’ve struck the deal up front”.
Also, it might be interesting to note that O’Halloran says Brandon Routh has been hired for four films to play The Man of Steel. Theoretically, that would be three Superman films, and the long-awaited Batman vs.Superman.
Credit: Moviehole.net
