 When Bryan Singer (qv) became interested in possibly hiring  Brandon Routh (qv), he arranged for them to meet in a coffee shop.  When they met at their table, Routh stumbled and spilled hot coffee  all over the table. Although he panicked, thinking he had just lost  the part, Singer laughed and said it actually helped him get the  part. The incident convinced Singer that Routh could pull off the  clumsy, bumbling Clark Kent.