‘Superman’ director James Gunn reveals surprise cameo in reboot

Superman director James Gunn has revealed a surprise cameo in the new reboot of the film.

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Superman is set for release on July 11, and the reboot of the iconic series is set to become the first movie in the DC Universe (DCU), a soft reboot of the old DC Extended Universe which will have a united continuity across all works. It will be followed next year by Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow and Clayface.

Alongside David Corenswet who plays the titular hero, stars of the film include Rachel Brosnahan, who plays his love interest Lois Lane, while Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion and Isabela Merced all feature too.

Now, speaking to Jake’s Takes, Gunn revealed that a surprise cameo in the film comes in the form of A Star Is Born actor, Bradley Cooper, who plays Superman’s dad Jor-El in the film.

The pair have collaborated in the past previously on the Guardians Of The Galaxy trilogy of films.

Gunn said: “Really, Bradley’s just doing me a favour. He’s a friend. We’ve stayed in close contact since the Guardians movies, and I admire him greatly as an actor and as a director.

“I just said, ‘Hey, will you do me a favour? Come down, go to England, we’re going to shoot you in a 3D environment, make a hologram of you, and you can play Jor-El.’ He was like, ‘Okay.’”

Gunn was also asked whether Jor-El could appear elsewhere in a future DC Universe (DCU) project, to which Gunn said: “You never know. It’s possible.”

Recently, Gunn claimed that the movie industry is dying due to films being made without finished scripts.

The DC Studios boss explained in a new interview with Rolling Stone that the studio recently “killed a project” because they couldn’t get the script to the right place.

“I do believe that the reason why the movie industry is dying is not because of people not wanting to see movies,” Gunn said. “It’s not because of home screens getting so good. The number one reason is because people are making movies without a finished screenplay.”

Elsewhere, Gunn recently insisted that the sequel to The Batman is still “really important” to DC Studios, despite the evolution of a new universe of characters.

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