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Join Date: Jan 2006
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There's been a lot of smack said about Brandon Routh. That's fine. Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. A lot of it has been about how he looks, or what type of actor he is or even his sexual orientation. But let me share with you a story about who Brandon really is.
I work in a toy store between Brandon's suburban hometown of Norwalk and my hometown of Des Moines. Ever since we first got Superman Returns I have met his relatives, his friends and people who claim to be his best friend.
Over the weekend I was helping an middle age woman pick out some Superman stores. "You must really like Superman" I said (which is what I always say when people pick up merchandise... acting like I don't know who he is). She said that she was very proud to have known him.
You see, Brandon has been acting for a while. He moved out to LA years ago. He even picked up some roles (which I guess some of you weren't impessed with). He was busy and career-driven. But when a girl from Norwalk had become sick and dying, he made time to come home and see her. Whenever possible. Just to boost her spirits and to ease her pain.
She died when Superman Returns was in production. Brandon could not attend. But I can't help but feel that his presence was there.
I was so choked up by that point I didn't have to heart to ask if that was her child, but I have a feeling that it was. And I realized that the plastic image that sits on the toy shelves, the photographs that grace magazines and all of the movie footage will never show the world what Brandon Routh means to our community. He is our Superman.
I don't know. My words don't do it justice. I just wanted people to know that the man behind the costume is a good man with a lot of heart. And I will have no shame when I see my girlfriend's son's eyes widen in awe when he sees Routh on the screen as the Iconic Man of Steel.
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my thoughts exactly!
