Irish star Jamie Dornan first came to notice as an underwear model in the early 2000s where he earned the nickname ‘the Golden Torso’.
In the 2010s, he shifted to acting, landing roles in “Once Upon a Time” and then an acclaimed turn in “The Fall” before becoming famous for the male lead role in the “Fifty Shades” franchise.
Back in those early days though, he auditioned for numerous roles – one of them being Clark Kent/Superman in Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” film.
In a pre-strike recorded and just released interview with Happy Sad Confused podcast to promote Netflix’s “Heart of Stone,” he says it’s the only comic book movie role he ever tried out for:
“The only one I auditioned for is Superman. 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 pajamas, they weren’t an actual suit. I remember an early audition for that. I got nowhere near putting the [real] suit on… 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.”
Dornan is coming off recently well-received turns in Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” and the wacky “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”. He’ll be seen next month in Branagh’s new Poirot film “A Haunting in Venice”.
