“My only regrets,” the Oscar-nominated British actor Terence Stamp once said, “are the films that I passed on because I was fearful.”

Stamp, who was best known for starring as the villain General Zod in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), has often called turning down the lead role in the 1967 Oscar-winning movie adaptation of Broadway hit Camelot —because he wasn’t confident in his ability to sing—his biggest regret.

But the actor, who died Sunday at age 87, took on no shortage of fearless roles later in his career and even got the opportunity to overcome his trepidation about singing onscreen when he starred in the 2012 film Song for Marion , earning a Best Actor nomination at the British Independent Film Awards for his portrayal of a widower in a seniors’ choir.

Stamp’s

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