“He didn’t adapt to the role”: James Gunn reveals why David Corenswet beat Nicholas Hoult in the dispute for the role of Superman

“He didn’t adapt to the role”: James Gunn reveals why David Corenswet beat Nicholas Hoult in the dispute for the role of Superman


Superman debuts in Brazilian theaters on June 10th.

Superman It will be in the cinema on Thursday 10 July, starting from the new era of DC. Given the proportion of the launch, both as a blockbuster and as a strategy in the studio, it was of fundamental importance Choose with very cautious actors for having hired characters so surprising in popular imagination.



Few symbols of pop culture are surprising like the “S” in the chest of the Superman, therefore James Gunn He orchestrated a complete hearing campaign to find Henry Cavill’s red coverage heir. In the end, David Corenswet It was chosen to direct From the boss of DC Studios, but several actors entered the match.

One of these was his own Nicholas Haultwhich in the end was invited to interpret Lex Luthor, the Superman Arch-Lint after being fired from Clark Kent’s tests. Given this, the director explained what was the factor that eliminated Hoult and climbing Corenswet:

“Much of the cast selection process is finding the right person for the right role. Most people did nothing wrong, did not adapt to my imagination. Nicholas Hoult did the test. He is a great actor. Some might say that he is better than David in certain ways, but he did not adapt to the document.




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