On June 27, James Gunn, co-director of DC Studios, confirmed via his Twitter account that after a long search David Corenswet will be the new actor to bring life to Superman in the next films of the franchise, replacing Henry Cavill.
Although this news was bittersweet for fans because Corenswet’s name was not known to them, it turns out that the 29-year-old American from the Pennsylvania town is already an established star in the middle of the show.
Like many actors, David had to start with small roles and the first one he was given was in the short ‘Following Chase’ in 2011, which was not well known.
David Corenswet started gaining fame thanks to the streaming company Netflix
Since 2014, he has started moving up in acting as part of popular North American series such as ‘Elementary’, ‘Moe & Jerryweather’, ‘Instinct’ and ‘House of Cards’, one of Netflix’s first global hits.
In fact, this company gave a boost to Corenswet’s career because they gave him the role of Jack Castello in the miniseries “Hollywood”, which tells the story of a group of actors and filmmakers who try to fulfill their dreams at any cost after secondly. World War.
There he played alongside great personalities such as Holland Taylor, Jim Parsons, known for his role as Sheldon Cooper in ‘The theory of the Big Bang’ or Maude Apatow, featured in ‘Euphoria’, to name just a few.
His work proved to appeal to Netflix, who also introduced him to another of his productions, The Politician, where he gained even more popularity as he is considered one of the leading men in history.
David Corenswet has also been involved in films such as ‘Project Day Pay’, ‘Look Both Ways’ and most recently in 2022’s ‘Pearl’, which was one of the most acclaimed horror and suspense films at its premiere.
The actor previously revealed that he wanted to play Superman.
In the 15 projects he has participated in so far as an actor, he has shown his great ability to grow in this field and a curious fact about him is that in 2019, when he was promoting his role in the Netflix series ‘Hollywood’, he revealed in “Entertainment Weekly” that his biggest goal was to play the “man of steel”.
This means that David will be able to realize his biggest dream thanks to James Gunn and only time will tell if he will win the hearts of the audience with his performance as Clark Kent.
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