 Director Bryan Singer (qv) decided on using stock footage of  Marlon Brando (qv) that was originally shot by  _Superman (1978)_ (qv) director Richard Donner (qv) for the Singer  version. Brando and Christopher Reeve (qv) were once filmed  interacting with one another to be used in  _Superman II (1980)_ (qv), but due to a lawsuit against the Salkinds  for a percentage of the sequel, the scenes were deleted and re