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Former DC Films Co-President Geoff Johns Allegedly Opposed Superman Having A Black Grandfather In KRYPTON Former DC Films Co-President Geoff Johns is said to have "vetoed" Superman having a Black grandfather in the now cancelled Krypton because he felt the character should look like "a young Henry Cavill." RubyGoldstone | 4/7/2021 Yesterday, Zack Snyder's Justice League star Ray Fisher finally opened up about his issues with Joss Whedon and Geoff Johns. The Avengers director has been painted in a terrible light, and the odds of him working in Hollywood again seem pretty slim. As for ...

*”Bridgerton” star Regé-Jean Page reportedly auditioned for the role of Superman’s grandfather on SyFy’s show “Krypton” — but a DC executive refused to cast a Black actor for the role.  Ray Fisher made the allegation in a new interview. Fisher previously called out director Joss Whedon for his “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable” behavior on set. Per the report, the SyFy series “Krypton” follows Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El, before the birth of Superman. The show ran from 2018 to 2019. The creators of the series reportedly considere...

DC Entertainment reportedly passed on "Bridgerton" breakout Rege-Jean Page for a role in Syfy's "Krypton" after an executive allegedly argued that the series' lead could not be portrayed by a Black actor. Before his star skyrocketed with the release of Shonda Rhimes' hit period drama, Page auditioned to play Superman's grandfather in the action program, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Despite the "Krypton" creators' reported desire to diversify the DC Extended Universe, then-DC chief creative officer Geoffrey Johns allegedly said Superman's grandfather could not be Black. In a statement ...

Krypton Stars, Rege-Jean Page Address Casting Controversy In the days since the announcement that he would not return for the second season of Bridgerton, Regé-Jean Page has been almost constantly in the spotlight. A report yesterday, which appeared at The Hollywood Reporter and was shared by Zack Snyder's Justice League star Ray Fisher, indicated that former Warner Bros. executive Geoff Johns, who serves as a producer on Stargirl and Superman & Lois, had rejected the prospect of Page playing Seg-El on Krypton because he believed that the role of Superman's grandfather should go to a w...

Krypton casting news that came out of the piece. Krypton was an American television series about Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), the grandfather of DC Comics superhero Kal-El/Superman. The series was set approximately 200 years before the birth of Superman and was cancelled after two seasons on SyFy. According to the article, multiple sources said that the show’s creators wanted to do some nontraditional casting, and that Regé-Jean Page ( Bridgerton) had auditioned for the role of Superman’s grandfather. THR reports: But [Geoff] Johns, who was overseeing the project, said Superman could not ha...