Richard Schiff joins Man of Steel
Richard Schiff The 56-year-old – who is probably best known for starring as Toby Ziegler on NBC television drama The West Wing – is being lined up to portray Dr Hamilton in the Warner Bros Pictures film.
He will be joined by the likes of British actor Henry Cavill, who will play Superman and journalist Clark Kent, and actress/singer Amy Adams as the superhero’s love interest Lois Lane.
Entertainment industry newspaper Variety reports that Schiff’s character will most likely be the scientific advisor to Superman, while noting that the doctor also worked closely with supervillain and Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor in the original graphic novels.
In those stories, Luthor angered the doc after buying several pieces of his research before claiming it as his own.
Zack Synder is to direct the film – which has been given a mid-June 2013 release date – which will also include Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Superman’s father.
The 47-year-old recently took to microblogging website Twitter to write about his training regime that has been created to ensure he is fit enough for the part.
He wrote: “Yesterday 1 hr walk 1 hr gym, today pitiful bike ride but it is a very special day and I’ve got other things I need to do. go hard tomorrow.
“31.37 km bike ride. Bike 28.6 km, gym 1 hr. 2 walks, total time 1 hr 45 mins.”
