James Gunn’s Superman Is Bulking Up & Fans Can’t Stifle Henry Cavill Comparisons

This isn’t the first time fans have remarked that the bearded and bulked-up David Corenswet looks like Henry Cavill. In 2019, just as Corenswet was about to star in the Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix comedy-drama «The Politician,» the actor told Entertainment Weekly, «It came to my attention before the internet got a hold of me.» 

Out of mere happenstance, four years before he was cast by writer-director James Gunn in «Superman: Legacy,» Corenswet said his vision of playing Clark Kent is opposite to Cavill’s. «My pie-in-the-sky ambition is definitely to play Superman,» he said. «I would love to see somebody do an upbeat, throwback [take on Superman]. I love the Henry Cavill dark and gritty take, but I would love to see the next one be very bright and optimistic.»

DC found its Clark Kent and Lois Lane in Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan in late June 2023 when the blockbuster casting news was revealed. Barring any delays brought on by the SAG-AFTRA strike, «Superman: Legacy» is currently set for a July 11, 2025, release in theaters.