James Gunn admits oneSupermanscene made him cry when he was shooting theDCUmovie.James Gunn’sSupermancastis led by David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, who’ll play the latest iteration of Superman and Lois Lane on the big screen. While the two DC characters don’t seem to know each other at first, Superman and Lois Lane’s romance will bloom rapidly and become central toSuperman’s plot, as suggested by the trailers.
In an interview withEntertainment Tonight,Supermandirector James Gunn recalls crying while shooting the scene where David Corenswet’s Superman and Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane kiss while flying, which is featured in the trailer. Gunn confesses he"got teary-eyed"and"started crying"when he saw the actors suspended in the air performing the scene. Rachel Brosnahan adds that John Murphy’s score was playing during filming, and both Brosnahan and David Corenswet joked that the scene wasn’t comfortable to film, as the harnesses were quite tight. Read James Gunn’s full comments below:
“I got teary-eyed, I’ve got to admit. If you remember, it was the one time I cried and I don’t cry that much. (…) I was moved by the scene. I started crying, and Rachel’s like, ‘how did it go?’ and I was like, ‘look at that’. And it was so beautiful. It’s the shot that’s in the movie, that’s in the trailer, that made me cry.”
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Superman and Lois Lane’s romantic relationship has been a staple of the Man of Steel’s DC lore for decades, and each adaptation of the hero has placed varying degrees of focus on it.James Gunn’sSupermanmay prioritize Superman and Lois' relationship more than any other adaptation, though, andSuperman’s flying kiss scene seems to epitomize its importance to the DCU movie’s plot.The fact that James Gunn and Rachel Brosnahan call special attention to John Murphy’s score underscores this point.
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