Brandon Routh Faces 'Fear Itself'
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Monday, June 02, 2008
Brandon Routh first came on the scene as the Man of Steel in Superman Returns, but for the past two years the caped crusader has been keeping under the radar. Not giving up on his popcorn appeal, Routh plans to participate in an upcoming sequel, in the meantime focusing on independent film projects and Fear Itself, a new horror anthology on NBC. We caught up with Routh to chat about the new series, his upcoming movies and more.
Hollywood.com: What can you tell us about your episode of Fear Itself?
Brandon Routh: My episode, "Community," deals with kind of the dark side of humanity and how people can be led – you know, people don't, a lot of times, want to make decisions on their own or live life for themselves…So my character Bobby and his wife…we want to have a family, so we need to find a house. So we go to a planned community, and it's not quite what we think it's going to be at first. It turns into something much more…a little too planned.
HW: You got to work with American Psycho director Mary Harron. What was that like?
BR: It was a great pleasure, great honor to work with Mary. I was a big fan of American Psycho after my second viewing. The first time, I didn't quite get it [laughs]. But years later, my movie-going experience and the way I look at movies changed. After being in movies and kind of growing up, I have a new and great feeling for that movie. And so, you know, when they said that she was directing the episode, I was like, "Yes, okay, I have to do it." Then dealing with the subject matter that the film does, she wanted to really bring out the human elements of the script and not play on just the thrilling stuff or the horror aspect because it's those human aspects and the relationship between the characters that really makes all that more powerful.