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

[Karelia]

I can't get over how much Corenswet looks like Tom Welling's son lol. It's also cool how much love he has given the show throughout interviews!

 

[Lily Adler]

I can't get over how much Corenswet looks like Tom Welling's son lol. It's also cool how much love he has given the show throughout interviews!

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Jor-El!?!

 

[Karelia]

Jor-El!?!

Come onnnnn, why you gotta share that lol.

 

[Lily Adler]

Come onnnnn, why you gotta share that lol.

He know what he did!

 

[Deck Rickard]

If only Welling had been wearing a Superman shirt when his mugshot was taken. Then he would be forever immortalized wearing the logo he tried so hard to avoid during his show lol.

 

[Silvermoth]

I can't get over how much Corenswet looks like Tom Welling's son lol. It's also cool how much love he has given the show throughout interviews!

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We really need to give Smallville more credit for bringing in more Superman fans who might not otherwise have come to the franchise.

Like if you went on a fan board like this and pitched Superman but make it like the OC people would eat you alive. But it largely worked

 

[flickchick85]

We really need to give Smallville more credit for bringing in more Superman fans who might not otherwise have come to the franchise.

Like if you went on a fan board like this and pitched Superman but make it like the OC people would eat you alive. But it largely worked

I've said for a while the secret key to Superman's longevity is the romance and how much he also appeals to the female demographic - if Lois & Clark hadn't been the first Superman thing I'd seen, I probably wouldn't have gotten into the character (because the romance in the Reeve/Donner stuff doesn't work for me). Smallville and Superman & Lois follow that same lead. MAWS too. He's an incredibly romantic character and the Post-Crisis TV stuff has REALLY effectively captured that imo. And now this movie has too, thankfully.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

I can't get over how much Corenswet looks like Tom Welling's son lol. It's also cool how much love he has given the show throughout interviews!

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What a phenomenally Zoolandercore photo of David

 

[Lily Adler]

I've said for a while the secret key to Superman's longevity is the romance and how much he also appeals to the female demographic - if Lois & Clark hadn't been the first Superman thing I'd seen, I probably wouldn't have gotten into the character (because the romance in the Reeve/Donner stuff doesn't work for me). Smallville and Superman & Lois follow that same lead. MAWS too. He's an incredibly romantic character and the Post-Crisis TV stuff has REALLY effectively captured that imo. And now this movie has too, thankfully.

I mean we got a full on sex scene with Henry and Amy, but that might as well been her and a Ken doll.

 

[Avenging Angel]

My take on his performance is: he delivered the heart needed to carry the movie.

A lot of what I recognize comes from his skills at Juilliard. He's a theater-trained actor, and it showed.

I can appreciate past actors for what they brought to the role, given what they had writing-wise. David had presence, and it didn't feel contrived. He was reminding me of a slightly more mature Tom Welling, and I liked it a lot. He brought the humanity that was needed. I'll see the movie again because of him.

 

[Sawyer]

Corenswet’s Instagram around midnight on Friday:



Corenswet’s Instagram today:



The Hype is real.

 

[Lily Adler]

Corenswet’s Instagram around midnight on Friday:

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Corenswet’s Instagram today:

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The Hype is real.

He showed Superman can have a personality on the big screen.

 

[DKDetective]

I've said for a while the secret key to Superman's longevity is the romance and how much he also appeals to the female demographic - if Lois & Clark hadn't been the first Superman thing I'd seen, I probably wouldn't have gotten into the character (because the romance in the Reeve/Donner stuff doesn't work for me). Smallville and Superman & Lois follow that same lead. MAWS too. He's an incredibly romantic character and the Post-Crisis TV stuff has REALLY effectively captured that imo. And now this movie has too, thankfully.

This reminds me. I still don't love a certain twist in the movie and hope they retcon it, but...

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Troubling immigrant allegories aside, there is a certain perverse brilliance to it. If we are being honest, the most believable way to make a sweet guy like David seem scary and malevolent is to make people think he is here to steal their ladies.

 

[Sawyer]

He showed Superman can have a personality on the big screen.

It’s so funny to look back on the bellyaching about ditching Cavill for a younger Superman (well… you don’t really have to look back, they’re still ****ing doing it). Regardless of age, Cavill hasn’t once shown me that he’s capable of playing the Superman that was presented to us here.

 

[Lily Adler]

It’s so funny to look back on the bellyaching about ditching Cavill for a younger Superman (well… you don’t really have to look back, they’re still ****ing doing it). Regardless of age, Cavill hasn’t once shown me that he’s capable of playing the Superman that was presented to us here.

The closest being mutant face man.

 

[Silvermoth]

I've said for a while the secret key to Superman's longevity is the romance and how much he also appeals to the female demographic - if Lois & Clark hadn't been the first Superman thing I'd seen, I probably wouldn't have gotten into the character (because the romance in the Reeve/Donner stuff doesn't work for me). Smallville and Superman & Lois follow that same lead. MAWS too. He's an incredibly romantic character and the Post-Crisis TV stuff has REALLY effectively captured that imo. And now this movie has too, thankfully.

Yeah even my cute twink husband, he hasn’t touched a Superman movie, cartoon or comic in his life but he loved smallville! Just goes to show sometimes taking a big swing pays off

 

[Deck Rickard]

He showed Superman can have a personality on the big screen.

In the words of Samantha Bee:

“****ING FINALLY!!!”

 

[Sawyer]

David’s gotta be losing his ****…

 

[Deck Rickard]

New tagline for this movie:

YOU’LL BELIEVE A MAN CAN ACT.

(that might be tough if you’ve only seen the previous four Superman movies)

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Yep, thought he was great. Very earnest and brings a lot of heart and humanity to the character.

 

[Avenging Angel]

New tagline for this movie:

YOU’LL BELIEVE A MAN CAN ACT.

(that might be tough if you’ve only seen the previous four Superman movies)

 

[Lily Adler]

New tagline for this movie:

YOU’LL BELIEVE A MAN CAN ACT.

(that might be tough if you’ve only seen the previous four Superman movies)

Bryan Singer trying to Ryan Murphy and his main roles.

 

[MAN O STEEL]

I'm finding it crazy how different and nore superman like David looks now compared to pre Superman. It's like his face is two different people

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POST SUPERMAN CASTING


Feels like two completely different people.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I'm finding it crazy how different and nore superman like David looks now compared to pre Superman. It's like his face is two different people

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Feels like two completely different people.

I mean, he bulked up a lot. But I don’t know. The first thing I ever saw him in was The Politician and even though he was very skinny in that (and he played a very troubled prom king type of character), I instantly saw a bit of Superman in him. He just had… something that stood out. The look and the magnetic charisma. Then I saw him in Hollywood and he sold me on the Clark Kent persona.

From that point, he was the only option in my book. Dude was born to play Superman.

 

[flickchick85]

He was the spitting image of Superman in The Politician imo. Honestly more so than in this movie.