The film Marlon Brando asked James Caan to be in

However, it was his next project in which many people were surprised – Superhuman. Somehow Brando agreed to play Jor-El, the biological father of the title character, even though he turned out to be handful to the set. He did not learn his lines properly, and some of them were even written about the diaper worn by the baby, which it had to keep in a scene. Brando continued to shock the filmmakers when he suggested a fairly unusual idea for his appearance in the film.

According to reports, he said: “Well, this is cryptone. Nobody knows what people look like on cryptone. What if we look like bagels, but I will make my son look like a person because I send him there – but everyone else looks like bagels. That would really be original.”

Christopher Reeve Superman played in the film, but the role was initially offered various other stars, including James Caan, with which Brando had previously played in the leading role The Godfather. Caan had played Sonny Corleone, the son of Brandos Vito, and when Brando found that he could possibly play Caan’s father on the screen again, he wanted to bring the actor on board for the superhero film.

The Godfather The author Mario Puzo wrote the script for Superhumanwhere Caan revealed in an interview with The Howard Stern Show That it was “hysterical” and “tongue and cheek” and he liked the sound. When Caan was asked to play the role, he had several reasons to reject it, including his reluctance to wear the outfit, as well as the fact that it would have been a two-felt deal.

Nevertheless, Brando tried to do everything to convince Caan to play the legendary character. “I get a call from Brando one night,” he said, unveiling that Brando told him: “You have to take this picture with me” and added: “I need a few laughter.”

Caan joked that he could make Brando laugh at the “drop of a hat”, and he really wanted to make the actor join him, but Caan knew that he had to work much longer than Brando if he took over the main task.

Including: “I said:” Marlon, you know that they make two films out of it, not one, right? You will do two. “He says:” So what? “And I said:” Yes, but you don’t have to wear the suit “and he went” uh huh huh huh “and he hung up and I never heard from him again.”

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