Jude Law reveals he turned down playing Superman: ‘It just

Actor tells podcast he remembers trying on the costume for the axed 2003 film Flyby before deciding, ‘You can’t do this. You can’t’

Jude Law has spoken out about his decision to decline the role of Superman 20 years ago because “it just felt off”.

Speaking on The Playlist’s Discourse podcast, Law conceded that his resistance to joining a franchise seemed unlikely, given his later involvement in the Captain Marvel and the Fantastic Beasts series, but that he had never been especially keen to take the lead in the axed 2002 Superman film Flyby.