Things change, that is what my mother always taught me and it would seem that this rings true on the set of “The Man of Steel”, Zack Snyder’s new Superman movie. Sometime ago we reported on the Film Actually podcast that Julia Ormond was set to play Kal-El/Superman’s birth mother Lara Lor-Van opposite Russell Crowe’s Jor-El. Well, for whatever reason (no official word as to why, yet), Deadline is reporting that Julia Ormond has left the production and has been replaced with Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer (“Vantage Point”, “Munich” & “Angels & Demons”).
I have no problem with this change as I have always found Julia Ormond a little bland and Zurer has put in some strong performances in the past. One last thing, if you don’t mind me being a little crass, she is also kind of hot.
Oh yeah, and this isn’t an origin story… sorry I just had to slide that one in :-)
