{"id":91131,"date":"2025-08-24T00:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/91131\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T00:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:06:06","slug":"see-how-david-corenswet-became-superman-in-his-audition-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/91131\/","title":{"rendered":"See How David Corenswet Became Superman in His Audition Tape"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world was abuzz with speculation just a few years ago when it came time for James Gunn to cast his new Superman<\/a>. Even before the part ultimately went to David Corenswet<\/a>, he was being floated around as a likely candidate<\/a>, and now you can watch how he got the part.<\/p>\n

YouTube account 21Casting<\/a> posted the actor\u2019s audition tape, which he performed with his wife Julia Warner. The three-minute video features him as Clark Kent being interviewed as Superman by Lois Lane over his intervention in Biayla\u2014not Jarnanphur, as it is in the finished film\u2014and early parts of their argument that helps inform the film\u2019s core philosophy about the hero\u2019s place in the world.<\/p>\n

David Corenswet\u2019s audition tape for Superman has been released. pic.twitter.com\/9vah9riuRi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

In a GQ cover story<\/a> prior to Superman\u2019s\u00a0release, Gunn revealed he\u2019d basically already picked Corenswet the moment he saw the audition, calling him \u201cthe guy to beat from the very beginning.\u201d (It didn\u2019t hurt that he sent Gunn a handwritten letter after the audition, too.) Turns out, quite a few people have spent years<\/a> thinking he\u2019d be good for Superman, and the only one who needed convincing was Corenswet himself: he previously told People<\/a> that Warner thought he was a shoo-in once they made the tape. \u201cI thought she was crazy, but she felt it from the beginning,\u201d he told the magazine. \u201cSo if anything, I knew that she would be even more excited than I was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Corenswet\u2019s not the only one with an audition tape hitting the internet this year: last week, we got to see how Britt Lower<\/a> auditioned to play Helly R. in\u00a0Severance,\u00a0and we saw former Superman Henry Cavill\u2019s old tryout for Bond<\/a> back when the hunt was on pre-Casino Royale.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n