“It was fantastic for me as a dad to look to my left and there’s my 19-year-old son piloting a spaceship, and also to know that in a couple of years’ time we actually will be going into space together. “He chose to use a Virgin Galactic spaceship in the Superman film and he asked us, myself and Sam, if we’d like to pilot the ship so we went to Sydney and we were in a simulator spaceship going into space. that the new space travel was going to be Virgin Galactic,” And as part of that he thought, rather than using a Nasa spaceship. In the new Superman? film, Branson and his son, 19 year old Sam are seen piloting a space shuttle after being invited by producers to take part.īranson said: “The producer of Superman has bought a Virgin Galactic ticket to go to space and is completely captivated by Virgin Galactic and the whole idea of space travel. Sir Richard Branson will not only be appearing in new Bond film ?Casino Royale?, he and his son also have cameo roles in ?Superman Returns?.
Sir Richard Branson Features In ‘Superman Returns’
