Fresh off of the success of The Mummy franchise, Brendan Fraser was once in consideration for a Superman adaptation from J.J. Abrams and produced by Brett Ratner .

Recalling the experience of screen-testing for the would-be flick that never came to pass (Warner Bros. ultimately settled on Bryan Singer’s version, the 2006 Superman Returns ), the Rental Family actor said that while he connected with the script, he wasn’t sure he was prepared to tackle such a blockbuster role, which was likely to have come with a lengthy time commitment and weighty legacy.

“I loved that screenplay,” he told Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast . “They let me read it. They locked me in an empty office in some studio lot, I signed an NDA. It was printed black on crimson paper, so

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