{"id":13770,"date":"2025-07-16T08:47:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T08:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13770\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T08:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T08:47:03","slug":"superman-eve-teschmacher-actress-sara-sampaio-talks-those-selfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13770\/","title":{"rendered":"Superman Eve Teschmacher Actress Sara Sampaio Talks Those Selfies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t[This story contains spoilers for Superman<\/a> (2025).]<\/p>\n

\n\tSuperman<\/a> breakout Sara Sampaio<\/a> knew that her Eve Teschmacher character would be misjudged until she wasn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the official trailer<\/a> for James Gunn<\/a>\u2019s Superman arrived, the Portuguese actor understood why viewers questioned her character\u2019s decision to take selfies of a nearby attack on Metropolis. We now know that she was in the LutherCorp control room that was orchestrating said attack and that she was never in any imminent danger herself, but the inappropriateness of the act still stands given the danger to those citizens caught in the crosshairs of Lex Luthor\u2019s (Nicholas Hoult) nefarious scheme.<\/p>\n

\n\tSampaio admits that Eve\u2019s selfie-obsessed manner is heightened for comedic effect, but the behavior is very much rooted in reality. She acknowledges that we live in a time where influencers staged photo ops for themselves during 2020\u2019s various protests before going straight home. In Poland, the Auschwitz Museum routinely pleads<\/a> with visitors to stop taking selfies on the grounds where 1.1 million people were killed. When the entire global population has a camera in their pocket, lines of decency are inevitably going to be crossed.<\/p>\n

\n\tOverall, Eve\u2019s selfie fixation wasn\u2019t solely geared toward the vanity of social media. She was also protecting herself if\/when she became another imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Lex Luthor. As a result, she exposed Lex\u2019s plot to manufacture a foreign war in the name of destroying Superman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEveryone underestimated Eve [from the start]: \u2018What is she even doing in the movie? Why is she taking selfies? This is so stupid,\u2019\u201d Sampaio recalls to The Hollywood Reporter. \u201cAnd now everyone is like, \u2018Oh!\u2019 She saves the day at the end, and it\u2019s a brilliant way of showing how humans and characters are not just one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a highly accomplished supermodel turned actor, Sampaio has likely faced similar forms of judgment while working tirelessly the last seven years toward pursuing her original dream.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cModeling was never really the plan. I\u2019ve just always wanted to act,\u201d Sampaio says. \u201cAnd while I\u2019m so thankful for the opportunity that I had with modeling, I just always felt that it wouldn\u2019t fulfill me. So acting was always in the back of my mind, but I wanted to do it well, and I didn\u2019t have time to go to classes [due to modeling]. That\u2019s when I had to make that decision to take a step back and focus on acting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Gunn was watching self-tapes for Eve Teschmacher, it was his wife, Jennifer Holland, who saw something in Sampaio and urged her husband to give her a closer look.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt the premiere, I told Jennifer that I wouldn\u2019t be there if it wasn\u2019t for her pointing out my self-tape to James. I\u2019m so thankful to her,\u201d Sampaio says.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, during a recent spoiler conversation with THR, Sampaio also discusses the process of taking a thousand selfies across her 20 days on set, as well as some deleted moments from the Fortress of Solitude sequence.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBetween the opening weekend box office and the reception from audiences, you likely had a very exciting past weekend. Was there a cast group chat to react to it all?<\/p>\n

\n\tYes, we have a group chat that\u2019s called the \u201cSuperman Gang.\u201d The whole group chat is just us bullying Beck [Bennett]. (Laughs.) He can take it. But it\u2019s been very active this weekend; everyone is just really excited.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou already had a very successful modeling career, but in 2018, you moved to L.A. to give acting a shot. Did you feel like you needed a new challenge in your life?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tModeling was never really the plan. I\u2019ve just always wanted to act. Even when I was going to [University of Lisbon], I wanted to study acting, but my parents convinced me to get a \u201cnormal\u201d degree. I then started modeling, and so I didn\u2019t do either. And while I\u2019m so thankful for the opportunity that I had with modeling, I just always felt that it wouldn\u2019t fulfill me. There was something missing. So acting was always in the back of my mind, but I wanted to do it well, and I didn\u2019t have time to go to classes [due to modeling]. That\u2019s when I had to make that decision to take a step back and focus on acting. I was like, \u201cWhatever happens, happens. But if I don\u2019t try now, I\u2019ll never do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tYou eventually made a self-tape for what you knew was Superman, and James Gunn\u2019s wife, Jennifer Holland, was actually the one who pointed you out to him.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the premiere, I told Jennifer that I wouldn\u2019t be there if it wasn\u2019t for her pointing out my self-tape to James. I\u2019m so thankful to her.<\/p>\n

\n\tHow confident were you going into the screen test?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI was insanely nervous. It was Superman and a role that I obviously loved. I started acting and doing auditions when everything went to self-tape and Zoom [during the pandemic]. So I haven\u2019t had a lot of opportunities to be in the room, and I didn\u2019t know what to expect. But because the character is already so all over the place, I just put that energy into the character. My mentality going into it was like, \u201cDo your best, present your version and have fun. It\u2019s incredible you get to even have this opportunity to do a chemistry read in front of James Gunn.\u201d So I wasn\u2019t expecting anything, and I tried to not put too much pressure on it. I was just really grateful for the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\n\tDid you read with both Nick Hoult and Skyler Gisondo?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was just me and Skyler. Most of my scenes are with Skyler, and we had a lot of fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBut you and Nick had already been acquainted with one another through an Armani campaign years earlier?<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, we were both under contract with Armani at the same time, so we would always see each other out and about. So knowing that he got cast as Lex Luthor, I was like, \u201cOkay, at least I have someone in the cast that I know.\u201d Nick is the nicest guy ever, and I knew that if I was feeling overwhelmed, I could ask him for advice or anything like that. But everyone in the cast ended up being so amazing, and they really just made me feel at home.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tSara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher in James Gunn\u2019s Superman<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are lots of Eve Teschmachers in the world today. Did you base your performance on anyone in particular?<\/p>\n

\n\tI didn\u2019t base her on anyone in particular, but there\u2019s definitely parts of me in her. I\u2019m sure there are parts of my friends in her as well. I was also inspired by Harley Quinn and the original Eve Teschmacher [Valerie Perrine] from the Richard Donner Superman movies. Both characters are seen as sex symbols in a way, but they also have this endearing quality that I really did not want to lose. So I really wanted to really make her grounded and believable.<\/p>\n

\n\tBetween you and The Suicide Squad\u2019s Daniela Melchior, James has had good luck with Portuguese actors. Did he ever set up a call between the two of you?<\/p>\n

\n\tPortugal\u2019s industry is not very big, so I actually knew Daniela already, and we have a lot of friends in common. I\u2019m always so happy to see Portuguese talent succeed in anything, really, so I reached out to her and offered my congratulations when she got the role. We\u2019ve kind of become friends, but I don\u2019t see her as often because she lives in Portugal.<\/p>\n

\n\tJimmy and Lex are polar opposites. One has a full head of hair; the other is bald. One is on the shorter side; the other is very tall. One makes a modest living as a journalist; the other is a billionaire. What do you make of Eve\u2019s wide net?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t(Laughs.) I don\u2019t think Eve is someone who\u2019s used to hearing the word no a lot. She\u2019s used to getting what she wants. Lex is powerful, rich and handsome, and he offers this lifestyle and security that she\u2019s not super accustomed to. Above all else, security is what she craves the most, and Lex provides that for her. But knowing what he\u2019s done to all his ex-girlfriends, she has to make sure she ends up okay [by taking incriminating selfies].<\/p>\n

\n\tBut Jimmy was probably the first man to say no to her. So in her mind, she\u2019s like, \u201cWhat do you mean you don\u2019t want to be with me? Everyone wants to be with me. Now I really have to have you. I want you even more because you don\u2019t want to be with me.\u201d It\u2019s an obsessive mentality involving conquest and cat-and-mouse games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the first shot of Eve came out, some people wondered why she would take a selfie during an attack, but that type of behavior feels so authentic to me now. People take selfies in every situation imaginable, no matter how inappropriate. Even during the protests in 2020, influencers staged photo ops for themselves before they got back in their cars to go home. Did Eve\u2019s behavior always feel believable to you despite being a bit exaggerated?<\/p>\n

\n\tA hundred percent. She\u2019s obviously a comedic character in the movie, but James kept saying to me that she has to feel grounded. She has to feel like a real person. And what you said is true [about influencers staging photos during protests]. So Eve is also not aware of what is inappropriate. For her, it\u2019s just a great photo that would get so many likes. Her mind is more focused on what will do well on social media. She has that kind of self-obsessed thinking. But at the same time, she\u2019s not dumb, and she uses that to her own advantage.<\/p>\n

\n\tIf you had to guess, how many total selfies did you take on set?<\/p>\n

\n\tI had a set phone to use as my character\u2019s phone, and I had to take selfies the whole time. So I think I took over a thousand photos, and while we shot for seven months, I was only on set for maybe 20 days. So that\u2019s a lot of selfies in that time. I keep saying that I need to get that phone back. There were some funny ones in there, for sure.<\/p>\n

\n\tWere you able to snap a few selfies on set with your own phone?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, I took a few. I should have just AirDropped [the selfies from Eve\u2019s phone] to my phone, but I have a few that I took with my phone. I\u2019ll probably start posting them on my Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDid James compose some of her selfies with the same detail as all the other shots in the movie? Or did you get to lead a lot of them?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was a little bit of both. There were a few selfies that had to be very specific. You had to see certain things in the background on purpose. There is one with Eve and \u201cMr. Handsome.\u201d He\u2019s the weird-looking alien that drives the [transport vehicle] in the pocket universe. We called him Mr. Handsome because he\u2019s anything but handsome. But there\u2019s this photo where Eve is on his lap, and that was just fun to do. Of course, Eve would take a selfie with him and think it\u2019s the coolest thing ever. So some of the selfies were very organic, and some needed to be very specific, so James was there to guide me.<\/p>\n

\n\tIf people catch you taking selfies in public, they\u2019re inevitably going to compare you to Eve. Do you think you\u2019ll be taking a lot less of them now?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t(Laughs.) I really don\u2019t take many selfies in the wild, and after this movie, I don\u2019t know if I want to take a selfie anytime soon. Since they started that Instagram, \u201cInfluencers in the Wild,\u201d I\u2019m scared of showing up on it; Eve would a hundred percent be on it. But if anyone wants to take a selfie with me, I\u2019ll happily do that. It\u2019s part of the character, and I\u2019m so happy people are embracing her and her selfies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI also hope people take from this character that she\u2019s more than an influencer and some vapid person. Smart people can enjoy pink and bedazzled clothes. Humans are complex. If you look at Lex, his reasons [for being scared of Superman] are valid in a way, but the way he goes about it is completely wrong. And to somehow end up feeling a bit of empathy for the biggest villain of all, that\u2019s all James\u2019 incredible writing.<\/p>\n

\n\tEveryone underestimated Eve [from the start]: \u201cWhat is she even doing in the movie? Why is she taking selfies? This is so stupid.\u201d And now everyone is like, \u201cOh!\u201d She saves the day at the end, and it\u2019s a brilliant way of showing how humans and characters are not just one thing.<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, I\u2019ve seen two types of reactions to Eve. Some people are calling her the MVP\/hero of the movie, while others believe that the movie is mean to her. But I keep coming back to Lois\u2019 quote to Jimmy: \u201cYour hot ex is a genius.\u201d Eve played a huge role in taking down Lex and vindicating Superman. So how do you view the movie\u2019s treatment of her?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI keep joking that everyone yells at Eve the whole time, and while she does do stupid things that make no sense in the moment, it was all to show the duality of people. Eve was taking selfies when she shouldn\u2019t be, but she was wisely taking care of herself at the same time. And by taking care of herself, she ended up saving the day for everyone. She used her tools and what people think of her to her own advantage. That\u2019s kind of genius. She\u2019s still an intense character who loves attention, and it was too much for someone like Jimmy.<\/p>\n

\n\tJimmy named Eve \u201cMutant Toes\u201d in his phone. I know it was just him being a jerk, but did you ever ask James if she\u2019s potentially a metahuman?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI asked James, \u201cWhat do you mean by \u2018Mutant Toes\u2019?\u201d And he was like, \u201cOh, he\u2019s just being an asshole to her. He\u2019s trying to find any excuse to not like her. He doesn\u2019t like her.\u201d And I was like, \u201cOkay, that makes sense because I have pretty feet.\u201d (Laughs.) And he was like, \u201cHe is just being a jerk.\u201d So Jimmy is sick of Eve, and he\u2019s creating defects that don\u2019t exist just to make himself feel better about not liking her.<\/p>\n

\n\tEve is taller than Jimmy, and at the end, she has to jump on him while wearing these huge platform heels. Was that tricky to pull off?<\/p>\n

\n\t(Laughs.) \u200b\u200bI keep joking that I did my own stunts. Everyone had stunt doubles to do all their hard stunts, but that was all me running in those big heels. But because they were platform shoes, it wasn\u2019t as bad. There\u2019s also this gag that she\u2019s supposed to run weirdly, and it\u2019s because she\u2019s always wearing very tight dresses and very high heels. So she has to do little penguin steps to move fast, and I was mostly just trying to not fall down.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou previously said that there\u2019s a deleted moment in which Ultraman punches Krypto. Was that during the Fortress of Solitude scene?<\/p>\n

\n\tI didn\u2019t expect that to go so crazy [viral], but yeah, that was during the Fortress of Solitude scene. There comes a point where you don\u2019t want to do things just to shock people, and James made the best decision for the movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tIs there anything else involving Eve that didn\u2019t make the cut?<\/p>\n

\n\tNot much. While I was walking towards the Fortress of Solitude, I did one little beat where I saw this monster on the snow that Krypto killed. And I, as Eve, was like, \u201cOoh!\u201d I then took a photo with it, but that didn\u2019t make it into the movie. Little things have to be cut for time, especially if they don\u2019t really inform the story. But from reading the script to seeing the movie, I don\u2019t remember much being cut, to be honest.<\/p>\n

\n\tDecades from now, when you\u2019re reminiscing about this experience, what day from Superman will you likely recall first?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt would probably be my first day on set with James and these incredible actors. We were shooting in Svalbard for the Fortress of Solitude [exterior], and it was the most insane location. It was me and Nick\u2019s first day of filming, and Gabby [de Faria] and David [Corenswet] were there. I almost forgot my line during my first take; I was just so overwhelmed and so nervous. I was like, \u201cCalm down. You\u2019ve got this,\u201d before we did it again. From how nervous I was, to how beautiful the location was and how much fun we all had, I\u2019ll have that in my brain forever. I was just really happy, and that was the moment where I knew I wanted to do this for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n

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Superman (2025) is now playing in movie theaters nationwide.<\/p>\n