[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Optimus Vader

Seeing this made me think that Cage isn't the real comic fan I thought he was. No true Superman fan would be ok with this mess. It's not like the guy was hurting for work either. Glad someone came to their senses and canned this crap.

According to all the stories, some from him, some from Kevin Smith, some from other sources, Cage *wasn't* okay with this.
He was harshly opposed to this take, and fought pretty hard to keep it truer to the original sources. Rumor goes that Burton made a rediculous version of the original costume (Basically, not something film worthy, like the other Superman movies), to "show him how stupid the original costume looks."
From my understanding, Cage was one of the first people to drop out.

That aside, it's more than a little unfair to blaim the actors for the decisions of the directors and producers, when it comes to costume design.