Ayelet Zurer. 'Happy and excited'
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Ayelet Zurer to play Superman's mom
Big in Hollywood: Israeli actress to replace Julia Ormond as Superman's birth mother in 'Man of Steel'
Superman gets an Israeli mom: Actress Ayelet Zurer, 42, has been cast as Lara Lor-Van, the birth mother of Superman (actor Henry Cavill) in director Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel".
According to US reports, Zurer will begin shooting as early as this week, after actress Julia Ormond exited the production for unclear reasons.
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Zurer, who starred in Hollywood films "Angels & Demons" and "Munich", will co-star alongside Russell Crowe, who plays Superman's Kryptonian father Jor-El.
"Man of Steel" is expected to hit US screens on June 14, 2013.
"I'm very happy and excited," Zurer said Sunday in a phone call from Los Angeles. "I still can't elaborate about the role I'll be playing."
Zurer's next production is said to be Lawrence Kasdan's "Darling Companion" opposite Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest.
Raz Shechnik, Yoav Birenberg and news agencies contributed to this report
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