Itâs a bird, itâs a plane, no itâs⦠Javier Bardem. By the time the average actor hits the big time, he has had years of small jobs behind him, and the Spanish actor is no exception as Jay Leno revealed (read embarrassed him) Wednesday night on The Tonight Show by replaying an old clip from his past.âYou never dressed maybe as Superman?â asked Leno. âOh Jeez!â Responded Bardem, knowing an embarrassing moment from his past in Spain was about to surface and become international news. âYou cannot hide anymore,â said Leno.Back in 1989, a very skinny Bardem donned the superheroâs famed tights and cape n the popular Spanish TV show El dÃa por delante, which aired on Televisión Española (TVE), in a segment called â"¡Es...Superman!" Well, I donât think superhero filmmakers will be giving him a call anytime soon. Hit the jump to see why.Bardemâs Superman is simply no hero. He canât fly, he canât avoid bumping into objects and he especially canât find a better acting gig. The Academy Award winner admits he was a struggling actor back then, even though he came from a family of acclaimed filmmakers and thespians -- he started out at age six and a half in the film El PÃcaro (The Scoundrel) â and questioned whether he really wanted to become an actor. âItâs a hard job,â he told Leno.But I guess playing a klutzy Superman on a talk show is way better than his rather impressive array of other jobs, which included rugby player, bouncer, construction worker and stripper (surely someone can dig up a clip of that particular job!) Thank goodness director Bigas Luna came along and gave him his big break in The Ages of Lulu a year later.His next film, Alejandro González Iñárrituâs Biutiful which earned him the Best Actor award in Cannes this year, opens on December 29th. Watch Jay Leno embarrass Javier on last nightâs show, followed by clips of El dÃa por delante and El Picaro:via tvsquad--
Javier Bardem as SUPERMAN?! Bardem’s Secret Past as a Not-So-Super Superhero Finally Revealed
Javier Bardem as SUPERMAN?! Bardem’s Secret Past as a Not-So-Super Superhero Finally Revealed on Jay Leno last night. See Bardem as SUPERMAN