There are a lot of changes in the new Superman remake, MAN OF STEEL, which are expected considering the movie shows a darker side of Clark Kent/Superman’s life. However, there’s one detail that has been changed and only been noticed recently.
Clark Kent’s sometimes trustee sidekick and DAILY PLANET photographer, Jimmy Olsen is missing from the list of characters on he film’s IMDB page. Instead, there is a Jenny Olsen listed.
An unknown actress named Rebecca Buller is cast as Jenny Olsen. This is Buller’s first film role and only her second acting role ever. She is seen briefly fleeing from an explosion alongside Perry White (played by Laurence Fishburne) in the trailer for MAN OF STEEL, but aside from that no one has even mentioned her.
IMDB is not perfect when it comes to listing the cast and crew of movies, but they are seldom ever wrong. That means that Zach Snyder and company have opted to not only give us a darker, moodier Superman movie, but also one in which one of the key characters is suddenly the opposite gender than we expect!
What do you think of Jimmy Olsen’s conversion to Jenny Olsen? Is this a refreshing change or do you think they shouldn’t have messed with the original? Let us know in the comments or tweet us at TheMagazineHQ!