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By Michileen Martin
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On the spinoff series "The Boys: Gen V", Patrick Schwarzenegger may be the Golden Boy, but that apparently doesn't mean much when auditioning to play Superman. The son of icon Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick says not only did he not get the role of Superman, but he claims he wasn't given much of a reason for being turned away.
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Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the younger Schwarzenegger said that he turned in a self-taped audition for the part of DCU's Superman and that the response he got back was minimal: "I don't think I got any feedback. I think it was like, 'No, not for you.'"
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The part went instead to David Corenswet, whose version of the Man of Steel will be soaring into theaters on July 11.
All things considered, Schwarzenegger's audition record for superheroes isn't that bad. He told the podcast he's only auditioned for three superheroes so far, and he landed one of them. He auditioned for Superman, for Homelander of "The Boys" (which instead went to Antony Starr), and for Golden Boy of "The Boys: Gen V"; the latter of which he booked.
Schwarzenegger doesn't have a lot of appearances in "The Boys: Gen V" but he nevertheless plays one of the most important characters in the series. It's his death in the first episode that sets off a chain of events leading to the discovery of clandestine tests being conducted on imprisoned students at Godolkin University.
Most recently, Schwarzenegger plays finance bro Saxon Ratliff in Season 3 of "The White Lotus". He also appeared in Amazon Prime's "The Terminal List" and in HBO Max's critically acclaimed miniseries "The Staircase".
While Patrick Schwarzenegger didn't join the cast of the upcoming "Superman", he did join the distinguished list of actors who came close to playing Superman.
There's Nicolas Cage, who famously got close to fighting a giant spider as Superman in the never-made "Superman Lives" (but got to do it years later in "The Flash"). Joe Manganiello reportedly talked to Zack Snyder about playing Superman in "Man of Steel" but couldn't do it because of his "True Blood" schedule. And of course, there's Nick Nolte, who claims he sabotaged his chance to play the lead role in "Superman: The Movie" by saying he'd only do it if he could play Superman as schizophrenic.
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