Brandon Routh on Finding Closure As Superman and Letting Go of Ego on His New Film Ick

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Katee Sackhoff - Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Happy Tuesday! With a new version of Superman hitting movie theaters, I was so happy to chat with one of my favorite Men of Steel this week - you guys, it's Brandon Routh! You know Brandon from playing Clark Kent/Superman in Superman Returns. He also played Daniel Shaw on Chuck, Todd Ingram in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Ray Palmer/The Atom across the Berlanti Arrow Universe. We talk about this in the interview, but I feel like Brandon's version of Superman maybe didn't get the appreciation it deserved at the time. It was interesting to talk with him about living up to the legacy of Christopher Reeve and how it feels to watch David Corenswet wear the blue cape. We also discuss how Brandon was able to find closure by playing Superman again in the 2019 Arrowverse crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths." I really enjoyed this conversation and Brandon is such a lovely, grounded guy. I can't wait to see him in his new film Ick, directed by one of my favorite directors Joseph Kahn (who also directed me in the short Power/Rangers). Be sure to stick around after the interview for the hindsight, straight from a hotel in Vancouver. I am up in Canada shooting this week, I've always got time for a little chat with my producer Jeph and some fan comments and questions from the Mail Sack! Send me an email thesackhoffshow@gmail.com Produced by Rabbit Grin Productions Mail Sack Song by Nicolas @producer_sniffles Join us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/thesackhoffshow Power Rangers Short Film | https://www.josephkahn.com/project/7769/powerrangers ----------------------------------------------------- Support our Sponsors: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/SACKHOFF and get on your way to being your best self. Experience the world's #1 blanket with Lola Blankets. Get 35% off your entire order at Lolablankets.com by using code SACKHOFF at checkout.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Sackoff Show. Happy Tuesday. Thank you for joining me. It is a crazy last
0:07.7	minute recording because I am up in Vancouver filming Carrie. So things may look and sound
0:14.5	slightly different because I'm not in the studio, but I'm so happy to be here for today's guest.
0:19.8	For those of you listening in the Dallas,
0:22.1	Texas area, we have Rebel ScumCon this coming weekend. We are doing the live show on Sunday
0:28.3	at 12 o'clock with Emily Swallow and probably another surprise Mando guest. So if you haven't gotten
0:34.3	your tickets for that, make sure you do that and come out and see us. I will
0:38.3	be there Saturday and Sunday at Rebel Scum. Half day Saturday, because I'm flying in, I will be
0:43.8	exhausted, so please forgive me. Today's guest, I am really excited. I have seen this person at
0:49.4	conventions. I have briefly talked to this person at conventions. I've been a fan for so many years.
0:54.7	We have so many friends in common, but I've never actually talked to him, which is what I love about this podcast.
0:59.2	Today's guest is none other than Brandon Routh. If you don't know Brandon, he played Clark Kent,
1:05.3	aka Superman and Superman Returns. He played Adam across the DC-Berlante universe. He also brought back Superman, which is very cool. He played Adam across the DC Burlante universe. He also brought back Superman,
1:13.1	which is very cool. He played Todd Ingram in Scott Pilgrim versus the World. He is currently
1:18.8	out in the movie, Ick, from one of my favorite directors, Joseph Kahn, who if you remember,
1:24.9	I did that little Power Rangers fan video many, many years ago. You can
1:30.5	watch that on YouTube. Joseph directed that, and he is absolutely amazing. His directing style is one of
1:36.6	my favorites. We talk about that in the episode, but he is playing Hank right now in the movie Ick with
1:42.0	Mena Suvari. It's fantastic. I hope you guys
1:45.3	enjoy that movie. As much as I hope you enjoy this conversation with Brennan, he is truly
1:50.6	just a wonderful guy. He is, we talk about fatherhood. We talk about Superman. We talk about the new Superman versus his Superman. We talk about all of that stuff. We also talk about Superman. We talk about the new Superman versus his Superman.
2:02.7	We talk about all of that stuff.
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