David Corenswet says that Superman’s anger is “The crucial point of the character” in James Gunn’s film

James Gunn’S Superman It aims to dig into the emotional complexity behind one of the most recognizable superheroes of all time. Second David CorenswetWhich is entering the red boots for the first time, one of the key elements that distinguishes this version is Superman’s anger.

It turns out that the man of steel, the symbol of hope, the lighthouse of virtue, is not always calm and composed. In fact, as Corenswet says, that tension is a bit the point.

During an interview with CBS on Sunday morning, referring to a moment in the trailer in which Clark and Lois Lane are captured in an emotionally charged discussion, Corenswet said:

“That scene that I think is the crucial point of that character we see. And the reality is that when he must not be Superman, when he must not be that calm and reassuring presence for the public.”

That look at frustration is linked directly to the identity that Gunn is exploring. Corenswet explained that Gunn was strongly focused on a “third” version of the character, as well as Just Clark Kent and Superman.

“A grandiose thing on which James has really concentrated from the beginning is this third character. We have not yet understood how to call it, whether it is Kel-El or Clark.

“But rather than thinking about Superman or Clark Kent is the reason why the one is the alter ego, on which you can go back and forth.

“But there is a third more true version than him. That is the version of him when he is with someone who knows he is both.”

This internal identity, the unficked version of Kal-El, emerges only in moments of true intimacy and, according to Corenswet, Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) plays an important role in navigating in that version of him.

“And Lois Lane who knows that he is both of these characters and she interacts with him as a journalist like Superman and she interacts with him as a colleague as Clark Kent.

“So he sees these characters and is one of the only people who can see him when he does not play either of the two characters and is a little bit of both.”

That duality opens the door to emotional honesty compared to the previous versions of the character. His argument with Lois, for example, does not concern personal conflict, it is a passion, conviction and placed in play of being those who are in a world that does not always understand it.

“He becomes right between him and Lois. You are not able to see his anger for Lois, but his frustration for the perspective he is representing. And his passion for how sure it is that he is doing the right thing.”

It is an interesting evolution for this character. If Gunn and Corenswet bring it out, Superman I could offer a fresh and emotionally founded vision on the hero that we thought we already know.

Superman Fly in theaters July 2025.