‘Superman' star David Corenswet reveals Henry Cavill refused to give him ‘any tips' after he replaced him
During the London premiere of James Gunn's 'Superman,' star David Corenswet revealed that Henry Cavill and Tyler Hoechlin, who both played the DC superhero before, refused to give him influential advice before he stepped into the role.
9 David Corenswet attends the 'Superman' premiere in London on July 2.
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'I had the pleasure of exchanging letters with two previous Supermans — Henry Cavill and Tyler Hoechlin,' Corenswet, 31, told Heart on the red carpet last week.
'Both of them, interestingly, sort of said in their own words, 'I'm not gonna try and give you any tips,'' Corenswet shared. 'And I think that's a very Superman thing. Superman's not so much for giving advice or dictating how other people should be.'
9 Tyler Hoechlin in 'Superman and Lois.'
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9 Henry Cavill in 'Batman v Superman.'
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'They really just conveyed to me an encouragement and a sense of 'have fun with it,'' Corenswet added, 'which I think is Superman's way of doing it too.'
But Cavill, 42, and Hoechlin, 37, were still 'very encouraging,' Corenswet said, adding that he 'had a lovely experience' communicating with the actors.
9 David Corenswet as Clark Kent in 'Superman.'
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'I'm excited to meet them one day,' Corenswet stated. 'It'll be great when we can all get in a room together.'
Cavill played Clark Kent/ Superman in the DCEU movies 'Man of Steel' (2013), 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice' (2016) and 'Justice League' (2017), while Hoechlin starred in The CW's 'Superman & Lois.'
Now, Corenswet is taking over the role for the first film in Gunn's rebooted DC Universe, starring alongside Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and more.
9 James Gunn, David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and Peter Safran at the 'Superman' premiere in London.
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9 David Corenswet in 'Superman.'
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In a recent interview with Jake Hamilton's Jake Takes, Gunn, 58, explained why Hoult, 35, lost the part of Superman to Corenswet after both actors auditioned for the role.
'He's a great actor. Some might say he's better than David in certain ways, but he just didn't fit the role. That's why he didn't get that,' said Gunn.
9 Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor in the 'Superman' trailer.
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'The truth is Nicholas, who is a more controlled actor, had a really good chemistry with another Lois who was less controlled,' the director/writer continued. 'They were opposites. David had better chemistry with Rachel because she's a very controlled actor and Davis is a little bit more loose. That creates a different dynamism on screen.'
9 David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan at the 'Superman' premiere in London.
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Corenswet, for his part, told Collider that he initially 'hesitated' accepting the 'Superman' role.
'It was not a no brainer to say yes to it. It took a lot of my brains, and a lot of thinking, and a lot of conversations with my loved ones to see whether this was a thing that was worth doing,' the actor admitted.
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9 David Corenswet attends the 'Superman' premiere in London.
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'I've been told before, 'this is going to change your life.' And then nothing really changes,' Corenswet continued. 'You still gotta eat breakfast, you still gotta go to sleep at a reasonable hour. So I was skeptical. But mostly, the answer ended up being: it was at least an adventure worth taking. And a risk worth taking.'
In a new interview with GQ, Gunn said that his 'Superman' movie — which has a reported budget of $225 million — is 'not the riskiest endeavor in the world.'
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'Is there something riding on it? Yeah, but it's not as big as people make it out to be,' he noted. 'They hear these numbers that the movie's only going to be successful if it makes 700 million or something and it's just complete and utter nonsense. It doesn't need to be as big of a situation as people are saying.'
'Superman' comes out in theaters Friday.
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