A Seasonal Movie Talk Card from Superman II

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Because Gene Hackman - who played Lex Luthor in the original Superman movie - didn’t actually film any scenes for the sequel, the director Richard Lester used scenes originally shot by Richard Donner and then filled any gaps with the help of a lookalike and a body double...

If you keep your eyes peeled, it’s not hard to spot the real Hackman from the fake one!

Superman II (1980)

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