Josh Hartnett has joined Nicolas Cage in the exclusive Actors Who Were Almost Superman club. The Holywood Reporter says the "Black Hawk Down" star has passed on the project, thus opening the door to a new cadre of tights-wearing recruits. Brendan Fraser, Paul Walker ("The Fast and the Furious") and Matthew Bomer ("Guiding Light") are vying for the role.
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