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After Marlon Brando, who plays Joe Al, wins a lawsuit against the producer, the producer cuts out all the scenes where he appears and replaces it with Superman's mother. Although Brando did not appear in the film, his lawsuit still won him dividends.
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In 1984, ABC TV broadcasted a 30-minute cut of "Superman II", most of which were directed by Richard D. Schwartzberg.
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In the initial draft of the movie script, there are four Krypton star bandits who escaped, and there is one more Jack Ayer who is good at funny than in the later films.
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In the original version of the script, it was a nuclear missile from the first episode of "Superman" that allowed Zod and his accomplices to escape from the "Phantom Zone."
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Eugene Allen Hackman did not actually join the film, his shots were taken in advance by Robert Downer.
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Dick Lester had never heard of Superman before he took over the film, because his family did not allow him to read comic books in his childhood. Some people believe that Lester showed disrespect for his lack of understanding of Superman characters.
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Despite the setbacks of the film, Warner still rushed to release it in Europe at the end of 1980, and the US screening was postponed to the summer of 1981.
Superman II behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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General Zod: Son of Jor-El. We were beginning to think you were a coward.
Superman: I'm not a coward, Zod.
Ursa: Let him prove it!
General Zod: Possibly not. It is extremely likely you are merely a fool. Like father, like son.
Superman: Somehow, I just can't hear you, Zod.
General Zod: [Using his heat vision, he breaks off the entire side of a nearby building and catches it with both hands] Then die, as you deserve to!
[He throws it at Superman, who uses his own heat vision to blow the huge projectile apart]
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Ursa: [after their carnage on the moon] Strange, I tore those metal fibers like paper. And what HE did... was amazing! Something is happening...
General Zod: Yes, to all of us. The closer we come to an atmosphere with only one sun, a yellow sun, the more our molecular density gives us unlimited powers.
Ursa: [pointing to Earth] They come from there, a place called Houston.
General Zod: Then we will go there to rule. FINALLY, to rule.
[turning to Ursa]
General Zod: And you, will shall everything you wish.
Ursa: Men! To kill!
General Zod: And I will lead!