was in production, who swore to me that Warner Brothers was looking at Natalie Portman to play Lois Lane. This was a guy who was sortof an industry dude, but I wasn't all that concerned about movie news at that time. So I just brushed it off, and the role ended up going to the mediocre Kate Bosworth anyway. Turns out homeboy was right. Frank, I owe you a drink. Moviehole is reporting that with Darren Aronofsky's name suddenly attached to the Superman directing gig, Warner Brothers is stepping up efforts to snag Natalie Portman again. They had wanted her for the Bryan Singer production back in 2006, but obviously that didn't pan out. With Aronofsky and Portman making waves recently thanks to Black Swan, WB thinks if he signs on she'll be easier to reel in.
This is the sort of simple-minded thinking that we see all the time, not just in Hollywood but in sports circles, too. If you ever worked with somebody in the past that automatically means you're desperately aching to work with them again. I doubt it'll be that easy.
I for one like the idea of Portman as Lois Lane. Anyone expecting this Superman production to be conventional clearly hasn't been paying attention to anything Christopher Nolan has done. I think Portman more than embodies the feisty, hard nosed spirit of Lois Lane, and is more than capable of playing Clark Kent's "gal Friday" if need be. She'd be a damn sight better than Bosworth, that's for sure.
