'Superman' Star David Corenswet Was Asked Who His First Hero Was, And His Answer Was Just So Wholesome
Speaking to BuzzFeed UK, David was asked who his first hero was, and he gave a beautiful answer: "It would probably be my mom and dad."
While superheroes are often known for their infallible resilience and knowledge, it was actually his parents' honesty that David appreciated the most. "I think a lot of kids think about their parents as knowing everything – they have all the answers," he said, "It was actually kind of the opposite; they conveyed to me and my sister, when we were young, that adults are fallible and imperfect and don't have all the answers."
David went on to open up about his father's illness, saying, "My dad was sick quite a lot when we were growing up, so there was talk about illness and the possibility of death."
But it wasn't just what they talked about, it was how they talked about it: "The fact that that was talked about in our house with love and compassion and a certain appreciation for the maturity that even young kids can have about those kinds of things, that felt like it sort of prevented me from ever having a moment where I was completely disillusioned when I grew up," David shared.
He reflected on what that honesty really meant, saying, "And it made me trust and appreciate my parents even more because they didn't pretend to be perfect or to have all the answers, but they were still going to do their best."
David closed his answer by tying it all back to Superman in the most poetic way: "I think that is what's cool about the great superheroes – especially Superman – it's not that he's perfect and can do everything and is invincible. It's that he's willing to take responsibility for what he can do and to try to do it as best he can and to hopefully inspire that in other people."
You can watch the full interview below, and you can catch David as Superman in cinemas now!
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