Joe Manganiello Has Superman Withdrawal

TMT favorite Joe Manganiello did some big time pimping of himself for the role of Superman in the "Man Of Steel", which is shooting as I write this. TMT was one of the first sites to latch on to the idea of Joe in the tights and were routing for him, although Cavill is a solid choice and damn does he look the part. We found out later that Joe was indeed a finalist along with Armie Hammer and Matthew Bomer.

Digital Spy had a chance to talk to the True Blood star about what could have been and what is reaction was to not becoming Superman.

"[Warner Bros] wanted me to screen test and part of the screen test process is that they actually have to settle your deal, as if you were cast going into a screen before you get the screen test, and so that involved settling of shooting schedule and the dates for shooting Superman would have conflicted with 11 weeks of season five [of True Blood]. And as it turns out they had big plans for my character in season five and they were not willing to share me with Superman."

"So regrettably I never got to screen test and I never got to compete for the role. I never got to put on the suit. This was back in January. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't... I was really, severely depressed for a few months. For a few months afterwards."

"Because I really thought the direction they were taking the movie and the character, I really thought I had a great idea where to take that and I was very excited and I just wanted to try out my ideas and things. But, you know, it just wasn't meant to be."

While we most likely won't see Joe donning a Superman suit, you never know what can happen. Look at the Cavil situation. First he was Superman, than he wasn't, and now he isn't again. We just recently heard from some of our friends in Burbank that Mr. Robinov was really interested in Manganiello and would have been just as happy as he is with Cavill if Joe ended up with the flowing red cape.