How Old Is David Corenswet’s Superman In James Gunn’s DC Universe?

A Superman that is 32 years old can give us a little bit of an idea of the kind of hero we will see on screen when the Gunniverse kicks off. In most iterations of the character, he left college and moved to Metropolis, becoming Superman at the age of 25. That means that the Last Kryptonian we run into will have revealed himself to the world as a hero for the better part of a decade. What does that mean for our story, and what could we possibly be missing in his history?

Clearly, if Corenswet isn’t playing a young and up-and-coming Superman, we won’t be seeing his origin story. It is possible that we see virtually nothing from his short time on Krypton or his childhood in Smallville. That also means that we could likely not have the opportunity to see the origins of some of the biggest villains from his younger years. While that may limit the origins of characters like that, that doesn’t mean that we won’t still see them in some capacity. Maybe even the same way we meet Joker in Matt Reeves’ «The Batman.»

That also means we can assume other things about the ages of the other characters that show up in the Superman universe. If Gunn sticks to the original Superman storyline, we can assume Jonathan and Martha Kent may have passed on, and Jimmy Olsen will be more seasoned as a photographer. But there is someone else whose age is vitally important.