As we previously reported, "Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman" author Marc Tyler Nobleman has found and interviewed 100 "lost" stars of superhero/cartoon entertainment of the '70s and '80s.

One such "lost" star is actor Bo Rucker who Superman fans will remember for his brief role of "the pimp" in "Superman: The Movie" where he delivered his infamous line, "Say, Jim—whoo! That’s a bad out-fit! Whoo!".

In the following interview excerpt, Rucker talks about working on the movie and what he has been up to in the 30 years since Christopher Reeve made us believe a man can fly:

Nobleman: What was your thought when you heard it was Superman?
Rucker: When you’re in the business, you don’t jump over broomsticks. You don’t jump up and down. You just go and give it a shot. You always believe you can do it.

Nobleman: What were you doing before that?
Rucker: I was just starting out as an actor. I’d been studying acting. I met someone from an agency at the health club, a gym. I’ve worked out all my life. At the time I think I was doing an off-Broadway play. I was playing Bigger Thomas in Native Son. I was knocking down commercials. I used to do a lot of commercials—McDonald’s, shaving. The money’s very good in commercials. You get paid for 2-3 years for one commercial.

Nobleman: The fact that they cast you as a pimp didn’t bother you?
Rucker: No, it didn’t. Morgan Freeman was nominated for an Oscar for playing a pimp! In a movie with Christopher Reeve. And Terence Howard in Hustle and Flow. It could be a person negative to society, but [that can be a good] role.

Nobleman: What do you like to do when not working?
Rucker: I like camping. I like long walks in the woods. I got what I call my shack in upstate New York. Door-to-door two hours from the city. It’s not deep in the woods. But it looks like a lot of property. You see mountains in the distance. Black bears, deer, possums, foxes, coyotes show up back there. I think I saw a bobcat! I took my samurai sword with me. I don’t carry guns. I followed him on tiptoe. He came back and had a groundhog in his mouth. I like watching birds of prey. I have a lot of bird houses up in the woods. I got to meet a lot of birds. I learn through osmosis. You start to feed them and then you by a book. I like horseback riding. I used to ride in Manhattan at a stable before they closed it. I like motorcycles.

Nobleman: What do you do for a living now?
Rucker: Personal fitness. Privately at people’s homes and gyms in the apartment buildings.

Read the complete interview at http://noblemania.blogspot.com.

Marc has also posted interviews with actors Aaron Smolinski (Infant Kal-El) and Jeff East (Young Clark Kent).