James Gunn Reveals Superman's Forgotten Power to Hide His Secret Identity
The Suicide Squad director recently talked about the hypno glasses, which Superman uses to conceal his secret identity.
James Gunn revealed to Comicbook.com that he forgot about the glasses possessing a power. He was reminded of the same by comic book writer Tom King. Moreover, the hypno glasses, which allow Clark Kent to appear different from Superman, are also canon in the comics.
The DC Studios co-CEO said, 'It's kind of been forgotten, but that's from the comics. I was sitting with Tom King, the comic book writer, and I was like, 'you know the thing that I just don't really know how to reconcile in myself is the glasses because the glasses always bothered me as a kid.' They bothered me because I just don't have that much suspension of disbelief to believe that. But he said, 'You know, there's an answer for that in the comics, it's canon that they hypnotize people.''
Additionally, Gunn asserted that David Corenswet 'looks the most different as Clark Kent to Superman, even more so than Chris Reeve.'
The description of the hypno glasses was given to comic book fans in 1978 in Superman (Vol. 1) #330. Apart from this, in the trailer, fans have also seen Clark Kent alter his voice and persona according to Superman. He does so when he gets interviewed by Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan).
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