The Superman franchise has always been plagued by bad luck and the latest installment, Superman Returns, is no exception, according to Premiere magazine. Producer Rob Burnett was mugged by four guys who broke his ribs, giving him a concussion and a black eye. Editor Adam Robitel fell through a closed window and was impaled by a glass shard that punctured his lung and injured his spine. Associate producer and cameraman Todd Stanley fell down a flight of stairs, fracturing his skull and tearing his pinkie finger so badly it had to be partially amputated.
The man in blue tights has been rumored to be cursed since TV Superman George Reeves was found dead of a single gunshot wound. The big screen’s most famous Superman, Christopher Reeve, suffered a paralyzing horseback riding accident and Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane, suffered a nervous breakdown. Superman III star Richard Pryor was stricken with multiple sclerosis. Lane Smith, who played Clark Kent and Lois Lane’s boss, Perry White, on the Lois & Clark television series, was diagnosed with the rare Lou Gehrig’s Disease in April 2005 and died of the disease two months later.
Is Superman Returns star Brandon Routh worried? “To this, I say, ‘What curse?’ ” he says. “I don’t think in those terms. I have control over what I do. If something happens to me, I’ll deal with it. I’m not going to worry about it.”
US Weekly
So far only Smallville seems curse free…unless did I just jinx them.
