[Optimus Vader]

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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

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.

No, it isn't. If we're talking about the kid who will be playing the new Spiderman, ok sure,.. he's a nobody (right now), but Cage was at the peak of a very successful Hollywood career.. the man was not without a say. If you say he bailed because of how shitty the costume concepts were, then I take back my comment about him, but if he would've went ahead with it (or he saw the concepts prior to aggreeing to do the film, which I would think he would've reviewed before saying yes) I would've thought he was a douche for accepting it.