Unseen footage of Nicolas Cage in costume for Superman Lives emerges

Test footage from abandoned 1997 Tim Burton superhero film has been unearthed for a forthcoming documentary

Never-before-seen test footage has emerged of Nicolas Cage as Superman from an infamous abandoned Tim Burton film which would have been the director's follow-up to Mars Attacks.

The 1997 video shows Cage, with shoulder-length hair, trying on a sculpted, skintight electric blue bodysuit. The actor, who appears lean and athletic even without the figure-forming effect of the outfit, asks if the suit will "feel looser the more I wear it" as he tests the limits of the outfit by swinging his arms back and forth and reaching towards the ceiling.