Jamie Dornan has revealed he once auditioned for Man of Steel in Superman pyjamas.
During an interview with Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Fifty Shades of Grey star revealed which superhero movie he was up for and explained the embarrassing moment.
“The only one I auditioned for is Superman,” he said. “That was way back when like when Henry Cavill got cast. That’s probably 12 years ago or something. I wore my own suit there. Was that a mistake? They were Superman pyjamas, they weren’t an actual suit. I remember an early audition for that. I got nowhere near putting the suit on.”
Dornan admitted that since then, he’s never come close to another superhero role. “I’ve had meetings with heads of studios that do those things and would talk about it, but I never got deep in any audition process for them,” he said.
Joe Manganiello, Matthew Goode, and Armie Hammer were all considered for Zack Snyder’s Superman before Cavill was eventually cast. While Dornan never ended up landing a comic book movie role himself, he is currently starring alongside Wonder Woman herself, Gal Gadot, in her new action thriller, Heart of Stone.
As for Superman, Cavill has now left the iconic role behind as James Gunn and Peter Safran forge ahead with a new DCU. David Corenswet was recently cast as Superman alongside Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. Nathan Fillion was also cast as a Green Lantern with Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific and Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl.
IGN’s Man of Steel review gave it 9/10 and said: “Action-packed, briskly-paced and featuring a stellar cast, Man of Steel is the best Superman film since the 1978 original and proves DC can match Marvel in the massive scale department. While it could have used a bit more levity, Man of Steel is nevertheless director Zack Snyder's best film to date.”
Want to read more about Superman? Check out who’s been cast as the new Superman and Lois as well as why James Gunn’s DCU is becoming more and more confusing for the fans.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
