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Esquire Chats With Superman Director James Gunn | Esquire Philippines
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6/22/2025
Superman director and writer James Gunn explains how to make a movie about the greatest superhero. Superman premieres in Philippine cinemas on July 9.
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00:00
I think that we all want to have people in power who have our best interests in mind.
00:20
Well, I think I'm very aware of the iconography of Superman.
00:24
I'm aware of what he means many different things to many different people.
00:29
The fun in the movie is getting to the bottom of who Superman is as a person, in the middle of all of that.
00:36
That, you know, we kind of see more of Superman's complex personality.
00:45
The fact that he is his flaws. We see a little bit more.
00:49
Even though this is a very kind, very good Superman, we see he can be a little bit stubborn.
00:53
He can be a little bit impulsive in what his actions are.
00:57
And he has got, you know, a really, you know, incredibly complex personality, as does Lois.
01:04
And so that means their interaction is, you know, triply complex because of that.
01:08
So I think it's cool to see him.
01:10
No, not really, because I've screened the movie for so many people and saw that people aren't confused, you know.
01:19
So I know from the fact that it's not confusing.
01:22
But I think that, you know, we're used to seeing movies with protagonists and Superman is definitely the protagonist of Superman.
01:31
And he has his work friends and he has his play friends.
01:35
Now, I don't know if the Justice gang are his play friends or his work friends and if the Daily Planet are his work friends or his play friends.
01:42
But that's the two groups of his friends from different places.
01:46
And just because they have insignias on their costumes or superpowers doesn't mean they're not like any other supporting character in any movie.
01:54
I think Oppenheimer has three times as many, you know, speaking roles as we do.
02:00
So it's just, I think people are fine.
02:07
Well, I think, you know, the thing is you can't concern yourself with the people that are negative.
02:11
I think that, you know, Superman is kind of new to superheroing.
02:15
He's only been doing it for three years.
02:16
And we learned that occasionally he looks online and he reads what people are saying about him.
02:21
And because he's only been doing it for three years, it probably gets to him a little bit.
02:25
Me? I've been doing this for a long time.
02:28
It's like, it's like you can't let that kind of stuff get to you.
02:32
And, and I think that's true of Superman.
02:36
And I think it's true of me.
02:44
You know, I think, I think that, you know, Superman is more important to hard work.
02:50
But I think he's more desired than ever.
02:53
I think that we all want to have people in power who have our best interests in mind.
03:02
And, and going to see Superman, you see that Superman is that person.
03:06
He's got a lot of power.
03:07
And he's, he cares about everyone.
03:09
And he cares about, you know, looking after the little man.
03:12
And I think that we live in a world with a lot of negativity.
03:16
We look in a world with a lot of anger, a lot of mean discourse online.
03:23
And I think that Superman is kindness.
03:26
He represents kindness.
03:27
And that is such a simple thing.
03:30
And I don't think that when I was, you know, 12 years old,
03:34
I think I'd be making a movie about kindness because it's in short supply.
03:39
But hopefully, hopefully that Superman inspires people just to be a little more kind to each other.
03:44
And a narrative to each other.
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