“That was a first for me”: Rachel Brosnahan reveals the challenges she faced while playing Lois Lane in Superman

Superman is the first film in DC Universe's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. Written and directed by James Gunn, the superhero film is slated to be released on July 11, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent, while Rachel Brosnahan plays Lois Lane.

In a recent interview, the actress spoke about the challenges she faced while portraying that character. Speaking about the new things she learnt during the shoot, the actress said that she might have to join mime school and learn more about acting because that was "a first for me."

Rachel Brosnahan talks about playing Lois Lane in Superman

In the forthcoming film Superman, Rachel Brosnahan is Lois Lane, who is a reporter and a colleague of Clark Kent. She recently spoke to S Magazine about the challenges she faced while playing Lane. She said:

"I’ve never felt like a worse actor in my life! We started hanging from wires, shooting with fake animals that weren’t actually there, and doing all sorts of other jazz that’ll get added in post. But it was great. You learn really quickly what you are and aren’t good at. If we do another one, I’m going to have to go to mime school and learn a thing or two about acting with invisible stuff — because that was a first for me."

The cast members of the film include,

David Corenswet as Clark Kent aka Superman
Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane
Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor
Edi Gathegi as Michael Holt aka Mister Terrific
Anthony Carrigan as Rex Mason aka Metamorpho
Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner aka Green Lantern
Isabela Merced as Kendra Saunders aka Hawkgirl

Speaking to Collider, Brosnahan opened up about the film not being an origin story. She said,

"I also love that this is not an origin story. We’ve seen the origin story done so well a number of different times, but we come into a world that already exists — Lois and Clark are working at the Daily Planet, monsters exist in Metropolis, Lex Luthor has LuthorCorp. We drop in at this point in their relationship that I’ve never seen before.”

She added about Kent-Lane relationship:

“They’ve been together for about three months. And they’re asking some questions about the future of their relationship. They’re not sure if this is something that was just a really great fling or something that could be forever, and they have really opposite worldviews, and they bump up against each other that way. So, it was a really fun way into a familiar story.”

Superman is scheduled to be released on July 11, 2025.