Woman of steel: Diane Lane speaks on playing Superman’s mom in new movie

Fanboys are plenty excited that the iconic superhero’s going to have a hot mom in director Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman: Man of Steel flick, and so is the actress playing Martha Kent, Diane Lane. “It’s going to be a wild ride,” she says. Unless you’ve been stuck in the Fortress of Solitude for quite a few decades, you know that in the Superman mythos, Kal-El — the last son of Krypton — is sent to Earth as a baby before his home planet is blown up. He crash lands in rural Smallville, where he’s taken in by farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, who name their newly adopted son, Clark. They also bestow upon him a solid set of values that will help him later as he becomes the world’s greatest superhero, fights enemies like Lex Luthor and General Zod, and dons an oh-so-fashionable red cape. In Snyder’s new movie, which begins filming this summer according to Lane, Henry Cavill will play the Man of Steel and Kevin Costner is rumored to co-star as Jonathan Kent. In preparation, Lane recently watched another comic book movie, Watchmen, again “to remind myself of what an audacious, brilliant man Zack Snyder is,” she says. “I love 300 and I’m very flattered to play Martha Kent and live up to his vision. It’s pretty cool.” Lane, who can be seen next in the HBO film Cinema Verite, airing April 23 (and which we’ll have more about next month), is stoked about having Superman as a son. “I’ve always wanted to raise a good man,” she quips. “I thought that was the biggest challenge a woman could have, and so I get the embarrassment of riches.”

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