Actor David Corenswet feels a connection with the classic DC comic book character Superman that he portrays in the 2025 James Gunn directed film Superman.
The character Superman is known in the comic books for his identity problems, namely his double life as a powerful superhero while also being an awkward reporter named Clark Kent who works at “Daily Planet”.
Corenswet is the latest actor to don the blue and red suit on the big screen, and he is still processing the weight of his new identity as the superhero.
“As far as the moments of it hitting me that I’m playing Superman, I think saying the sentence out loud is the closest I get,” he told Reuters.
“But it still just sounds so ridiculous to me to say it out loud that, you know, it doesn’t quite compute,” he added.
Superman, which arrives in US movie theatres tomorrow, follows Superman as he gets drawn into international politics as well as crossing swords with his billionaire nemesis Lex Luthor, played by Nicholas Hoult, monsters and other superpowered beings.
The film has received high acclaim from early reviews on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes with an 88 per cent rating.
“What’s best about Gunn’s movie is its laser-focused on relatable characters. This is no puzzle piece in a universe or a loud series of action set pieces,” Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post wrote.
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