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On the set of Superman, James Gunn and David Corenswet were clashing in the best way possible. A newly surfaced behind-the-scenes clip shows the director and his leading man in a spirited debate over one of Clark Kent’s most important speeches. Corenswet questions the speech, Gunn pushes for emotional precision, and together they shape the moment into something electric. It’s a rare glimpse of two artists fine-tuning a scene destined to define this new era of the Man of Steel.
The scene in question is one where Superman faces Lex Luthor and gives an elaborate speech on how he's human.
In the video, Corenswet questions his monologue and how it portrays him as someone who does not know that he's human and is trying to prove it, to which Gunn responds that it's what he has to tell Lex Luthor, that him being vulnerable is okay.
David: "So, if I say, that's what it is to be human, that feels like I'm, I'm trying to prove it still, as opposed to I really know...I've felt like sh*t about myself since the recording came out. It's just been like, I don't belong, I'm sh*t, I'm everything's a lie, I'm not who I thought I was. Is this not the moment where I go, I was wrong to feel that way?"
Gunn: "That's exactly where the issue is, right? Because what he didn't tell you was it was wrong to feel that way...Your feelings about feeling bad are okay. It's not wrong for you to feel that way...And in this moment, for you to talk about how it's okay to be vulnerable, you have to be vulnerable. Which means showing Lex that your feelings are hurt. In the point when you really shouldn't."
How Superman's speech sets the tone for the film
Superman's monologue went on to become one of the most heartfelt scenes from the movie, one that showed his true humanity and how he was not afraid to face his more vulnerable side. In the monologue he says:
"That is where you've always been wrong about me, Lex. I'm as human as anyone. I love, I get scared. I wake up every morning and despite not knowing what to do, I put one foot in front of the other and I try to make the best choices I can. I screw up all the time. But that is being human. And that's my greatest strength. And someday, I hope, for the sake of the world, you understand that it's yours too. "
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He isn’t towering above humanity here, he’s in the thick of it, admitting he loves, he fears, he messes up, and still finds the courage to try again. It tells the audience this isn’t a god playing at kindness, but a man choosing it daily. In that choice lies his truest, most unshakable strength.
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