Our "Space Princess": David Corenswet IS Clark Kent/Superman!

[Lily Adler]

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[Dr.]

Somewhat curious/amusing…

…the folks over at celebheights.com have been steadily downgrading Corenswet over the past few months. Initially, I think he was listed as 6’4”. (Corenswet, himself, seems to “identify” as 6’4”.) Then, it was 6’3½”. Then, 6’3”. And now, he’s at 6’2¾”. Near as I can figure, these adjustments and refinements appear to be driven by Nicholas Hoult’s estimated height. I.e., if Hoult is 6’2½”, then Corenswet is only slightly taller.

In any case, Corenswet is still a big man and ranks as the second tallest Superman — after Reeve @ 6’3½”.

 

[elgaz]

I keep seeing Superman set shots of Hoult and Corenswet and it's hard to tell, sometimes Hoult looks taller and sometimes Corenswet does. But for all we know they could be standing on uneven surfaces, have lifts in their shoes for certain scenes to accomodate camera angles, etc, so it's probably not a good barometer.

I think it's generally agreed that Christopher Reeve was a solid 6"4, and his two sons Matthew/Will are between 6"3/6"4 also. Corenswet looks to be in the same range in this pic at a premiere, in normal shoes and no weird camera angles. He's plenty tall enough regardless.

 

[flickchick85]

If Will Reeve is indeed 6'4" then I think David does look about 6'3" in that pic.

 

[donuts]

I love that they’re letting Superman come off human. He’s confident, but also, doing the things he does take a toll on him physically and they’re not afraid to show that. I love his little banter with Mr. Terrific in the new trailer.

That's the quality that I've been wanting to see the most in a new live action Superman.

Sick of pouty silent dynasty Jesus.

Whenever I hear the rhetoric about him being "boring" I couldn't disagree more. It was about time to see some personality from him again on the big screen.

He does show a healthy ego and cockiness in comics, which makes him incredibly endearing like a "cool older brother."

He's a righteous dude.

 

[flickchick85]

Whenever I hear the rhetoric about him being "boring" I couldn't disagree more.

To be fair, most people only know the movies, and in the only movies we've gotten him in over the last few decades, he has indeed been boring. Extremely. So I can't exactly blame people for having that perception.

Thankfully, as you say, he seems to be getting his comics personality back in this one, which is reason #1 that I couldn't be more hyped for this film.

 

[donuts]

To be fair, most people only know the movies, and in the only movies we've gotten him in over the last few decades, he has indeed been boring. Extremely. So I can't exactly blame people for having that perception.

Thankfully, as you say, he seems to be getting his comics personality back in this one, which is reason #1 that I couldn't be more hyped for this film.

Can't disagree. That's why it was so important that a new reboot got made which actually got / nailed the comic source.

And from what I've seen (less than most in here), Space Prince does a beautiful job!

(And the movie screams SUPERMAN to me)

 

[donuts]

I've been waiting for THIS Superman movie since the 1990s!

 

[Deck Rickard]

I've been waiting for THIS Superman movie since the 1990s!

Since you mention the 90s, I think we can ALL agree that if Nicolas Cage had played Superman back then, it would NOT have been boring. It wouldn’t have been GOOD, but it definitely wouldn’t have been boring!

 

[donuts]

Since you mention the 90s, I think we can ALL agree that if Nicolas Cage had played Superman back then, it would NOT have been boring. It wouldn’t have been GOOD, but it definitely wouldn’t have been boring!

Definitely not boring!

Seeing on the news that Tim Burton and Nic Cage were making a new Superman movie is when I first really got excited about the notion that "oh, they're bringing the character back to the BIG SCREEN after Christopher Reeve."

Wait is finally over. Almost 30 years seem to be finally paying off!

 

[Deck Rickard]

Definitely not boring!

Seeing on the news that Tim Burton and Nic Cage were making a new Superman movie is when I first really got excited about the notion that "oh, they're bringing the character back to the BIG SCREEN after Christopher Reeve."

Wait is finally over. Almost 30 years seem to be finally paying off!

Yeah that was back when I was really deep into my comic-reading years so I was sort of excited about it but also very unsure how it would have turned out. I loved Cage back then but I wasn’t sure how well he could work as Superman lol. I’m glad it didn’t happen but I’ll always wonder how much of a beautiful disaster it would have been. Let alone that Tim Burton is the WRONG director for any kind of Superman movie lol.

 

[elgaz]

To be fair, I do think Smallville and Superman & Lois went some way to adding more depth to him as a character too, and not necessarily being this stoic and sometimes serious individual as he was presented (in some ways) in the only 2 major solo Superman films of the 2000s, Superman Returns and Man of Steel. But I guess their audience reach is only so much compared to a cinematic audience.