He played Non in Superman The Movie and Superman2. An ex-boxer, turned actor, he now owns internet compnaies and plans to produce films. With the help of Jacob, we can present to you an interview with Jack.

Q. How did you get involved with Superman?
A. They came to me, I was doing a film called March or Die with a monster cast one of which was Gene Hackman and they knew I'd turned down the 007 movie so they chased after me the problem was scheduling I finished one movie on the 20th of March and I started Superman on the 26th of March then the question was would I do a major role that didn't speak.

Q. Which director (Donner and Lester) did you prefer working with and why?
A. Hands down Richard Donner! Because Donner is a film director and Lester was a TV director he didn't belong on the set. Donner had great vision.

Q. Because of the director change, did your character change in Superman2? Did he become softer?
A. No my character didn't change the look of the movie changed. Superman II should have been a pure classic and would have been had Donner finished it we shot 80% of two when they made us stop so they could get one out on time.

Q. What were the problems between the cast and crew and the producers? We keep hearing of bouncing cheques, bills not paid etc
A. The problem was with the producers, period. The Salkinds had a terrible reputation one which I didn't know until we started the film. I was on the set being introduced to crew and wardrobe and all the things you do on a major production when I came across the crew lining up to be paid and they wouldn't accept a check only cash now your talking about a 50,000,000 dollar project because we were doing two scripts at once from the get go and these people wouldn't take a check so I ask why and the answer made me very aware from the start. I'll tell you one story just for openers the Salkinds were doing a film behind the iron curtain which meant taking a full crew in.

Everyone on the crew gave up other projects to work on this project once on location the producers announced that one of the backers had drop out so the crew had to go on half salary or go home in other words they were screwed and there are many more if you ask I'll tell them to you. One lawyer, Tom Pollach became so wealthy and gained such a reputation he became head of Universal studios not for long Thank God. So money was a major problem with the Salkinds but you'd never knew that by their life styles. Anyway there are so many storys I could tell like the firing of Donner was such bullshit it all boiled down to a deal the Salkinds made with Lester before Superman was even made. Lester had directed a picture for the Salkinds and they @#%$ed him but Richard is a sharp kid so he got them into a deal and he called them on it .When the talk of Donner being fired started I went to other cast and we would have walked if Donner was fired because where I come from I could have caused union problems beyond your wildest dreams so a deal was made the tension between the crew also came from the producers because we started the movie at Shepperton and everyone thought they were on a two year run so again they gave up jobs. Problem was we were only at Shepperton studios until Brando was on film they had already made a deal with Pinewood to finish both films meaning Shepperton was a four wall studio which did not carry a house crew. Pinewood had a house crew so when we moved studios the majority of the original crew was fired causing much unrest amongst the crew but the deal struck by the producers which eventually caused Pinewood to go bust was struck I have a lot more detail if you want it.

It wasn't so much as checks bouncing it was the way they were written that hurt people again the producers were very clever. They wrote what’s called non descript checks which means there were no banking numbers on the checks which means that every check written had to go back to the Swiss bank it was written on to be approved to be paid so it could take up to eight weeks to clear a check how did I know about the workings of their system? Well here's the story every one loves to hear and part of it is in the book, The making of Superman.

I was working for about eight weeks and it was raining for two weeks straight in Englamd and I was missing in the states. I had some things to attend to so we had a few days off and in those days there was a flight out of LA that put you in London like 7:00am in the morning like a red eye from the west to the east. So without telling anyone I jumped on a plane and went to LA which upon arrival I called my accountant to see how much money was in my bank and much to my surprise I had a bunch of uncollected paper in my account so I picked up a pay phone in the middle of Beverly Hills and made a collect call to Mr Pierre Spengler, the producer. He couldn't believe where I was, he said "but you have to be on set in two days and no one should leave without telling anyone God forbid the plane should crash with a principle actor on board"
So I simply told him that my doctor said unless money was in my bank like yesterday I would have to lay on the beach to put heat on my sore back until the money showed up needless to say the money was transferred ASAP to my account and two days later I was on my way back to England to work.

When I arrived I went straight to the studio and to Pierre Spengler's office to have a chat. Funny enough he was just returning from explaining why the money had to be sent to the States. This is how the conversation went; I told Spengler who I was and he should pick up a phone to check because here is the deal I come to work and do what’s asked of me under contract and for that I get paid.
Heres the deal; I am a nice calm person in England but you are going to film in my back yard, New York, and the next time you @#%$ with me I promise you I'll drop you in the Hudson with a camera on your head. He said you are threatening me and I said no sir I am promising. Of course I had him across his desk by the throat and delivered my last line while dropping him in his chair and after that my checks were the only ones that cleared in 72hrs.

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Thanks to Jacob