Calling Superman Superman, Metropolis needs you! NPR's Madeleine Brand reports that organizers of the annual Superman Festival in the town of Metropolis, Illinois, are having trouble finding a local man to play the Man of Steel. X-ray vision not required, but a tights-ready physique is.

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Calling Superman

May 13, 200012:00 AM ET

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Superman, Metropolis needs you! NPR's Madeleine Brand reports that organizers of the annual Superman Festival in the town of Metropolis, Illinois, are having trouble finding a local man to play the Man of Steel. X-ray vision not required, but a tights-ready physique is.