Actor Harry Lennix recently sat down with Red Eye Chicago to talk about his starring role in the new drama, "Mr. Sophistication" which is being featured at this weekends Chicago International Film Festival. During the course of the interview, Lennix also touched on his role in Zack Snyder's Superman reboot, "Man of Steel." Here's an excerpt of what he had to say:

Red Eye Chicago: On "Man of Steel" and what superhero he'd like to play.
Lennix: [Laughs.] That's funny. I did not film [in Chicago] unfortunately. I shot in Vancouver and central California, which was great. I had a great time on it. But I wasn’t part of the Chicago end of it. I can tell you that General Swanwick is a U.S. army general and he's the head of Northcom, northern command. Outside of that I'm prohibited from saying anything. [Laughs.] But I can tell you that the guy they have as Superman is Superman. He's fantastic. I really like Henry Cavill. I think it's a very good cast. I'm as excited as anyone else to see the movie. Superman has always been my favorite superhero. I like Spider-Man too and all. I was never that big on Batman, but I really loved Superman from day one and will never forget the experience of seeing "Superman" with Christopher Reeve. It was a profound experience in my mind. I loved that. I think if I could be a superhero—I've never really actually thought about that. Frankly, I would love to be Superman. [Laughs.] Except that's not going to happen at this point I’m pretty sure."

Next summer, "Man of Steel" is coming to the big screen. The film is from director Zack Snyder and producers Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder. The screenplay was written by David S. Goyer from a story by Goyer & Nolan, based upon Superman characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics.

Alongside Lennix, "Man of Steel" stars Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni and Russell Crowe.

The film opens nationwide on June 14, 2013.