‘Superman’: David Corenswet’s Man of Steel soars in first trailer
David Corenswet makes his debut as DC’s new Man of Steel in director James Gunn’s “Superman,” co-starring Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult.
LAS VEGAS – Rachel Brosnahan recalled a night filming “Superman” where the newest Man of Steel, co-star David Corenswet, looked especially superheroic with his cape flapping in the moonlight. She reminded him that he was Superman, with an f-bomb for emphasis.
“I forget I’m in the suit. It’s like a haircut. But those are the best moments,” Corenswet confessed during Tuesday’s DC Studios presentation at CinemaCon.
While writer/director James Gunn might have slipped and accidentally called CinemaCon “Comic-Con,” he knew that theater owners and comic-book fans are very excited about all things “Superman.” The film (in theaters July 11) is the launchpad for a rebooted DC movie universe and a throwback to the days of Christopher Reeve as a charismatic, do-gooding Superman without a shred of cynicism.
It was Superman’s dog Krypto, however, that stole the show: Gunn showed the audience an exclusive scene where Superman, injured and bloodied, crash-lands in the Arctic and whistles to Krypto have his canine best friend take him to the Fortress of Solitude to recover. Krypto, however, thinks he’s playing and starts jumping on him and roughhousing, doing more damage. And once they get back and fix Superman up, our hero is not pleased that Krypto’s pretty much run amok and wrecked the place in his absence.
The pooch was inspired by Gunn’s own rescue dog, Ozu. When the filmmaker brought the him home, Gunn said, “he was the worst dog you could ever imagine.” Ozu chewed up everything he could – including a new $8,000 laptop – and Gunn would have to climb on furniture because Ozu would run around trying to bite his feet. “I didn’t know if he was playing or he hated my guts.”
New Man of Steel David Corenswet even won over an evil Nicholas Hoult
Gunn, who did Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy before becoming co-head of DC Studios, called the story he tells in “Superman” “utterly human and utterly fantastic at the same time.” Playing love interest/ace Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, Brosnahan added that “there’s something for everyone,” from high adventure to an epic love story. “It was hugely intimidating but these stories at their core are about hope and being courageous and (how) good is always worth fighting for.
“Superman is a cool guy who does the right thing because it’s the right thing.”
The new Supes’ goodness even impressed his arch enemy: Nicholas Hoult, who plays the villainous Lex Luthor, remembered watching one scene being filmed where Corenswet flew onto set in full regalia. “I felt like I was witness to the magic of cinema in first person in real time,” Hoult said. “I’m evil, I hate him, but I got this warmth in my tummy and this stupid grin. I turned around and (crew) people had the same expression on their face.”
Corenswet said that “Superman” at its core is ultimately a movie about “love and hope and a desire to share,” and Gunn added that he hoped audience members will walk out and “love the person they came in with a little bit more.”
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