 During Brandon Routh (qv)s screen test, people would come up to  him between takes and tell him how much fun filming in Australia  would be and what a great opportunity playing Superman would be.  Routh was confused as he was under the impression that he hadnt  officially got the part yet, and he was starting to get a little  nervous that people might be jinxing him. It turns out Bryan Singer  pretty much made up his mind at that point on who he was going to  cast.