Superman Returns is a seriously underrated film, Brandon Routh nearly 20 years ago having the tricky honour of leaping into the red boots worn by Christopher Reeve in the 1978 film that I’d argue is the ground zero dawn of our modern superhero movie.

Amid the whirl of cosplay, branded merch and actual outdoor sword-battles at Edmonton Expo over the weekend, 45-year-old Routh sat on a panel exploring the legacy of the Man of Steel with animated Superman voice actors George Newbern and Tim Daly and Calgary-born Erica Durance, Smallville’s Lois Lane.

I’ve always been fascinated by the pure, alien goodness of Superman and was wandering around Hall G with my buddy when I noticed Routh, who was kind enough to answer a couple of questions at length in one of my favourite and most thoughtful enc

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