Superman supporting cast say new movie is 'hopeful'

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00:00That's the most jacked guy I've ever seen in my life.

00:02I was like, is this dude a Navy SEAL?

00:04I was definitely nervous.

00:06Hasn't been a Guy Gardner yet.

00:07David and I got to spend some time together before we began filming,

00:10and we were meeting at some bagel place,

00:13and I never met him in person.

00:15I knew what he looked like from his other job,

00:18so I had an idea of what, and I'm waiting for him,

00:21and this guy starts walking down the street towards me,

00:23and I noticed this dude, and I think, like,

00:25that's the most jacked guy I've ever seen in my life.

00:27I was like, is this dude a Navy SEAL?

00:29Like, I couldn't stop looking at this dude.

00:30I was like, he's huge, and as he got closer, like, just from here,

00:34he was like, hey, Skylar.

00:36I was like, oh, my God, it's David, man.

00:38This guy, he's 700 pounds.

00:40And he had just been, he had taken it upon himself to,

00:43he had started working out, I think, so.

00:45He also ate, like, seven bagels during that breakfast.

00:48He was trying to bulk up.

00:49We were both bulking, but I just didn't make it as far as he did.

00:54I went with a different route, but we got to spend it,

00:58and it, we, I think we hung out for,

00:59ended up being there for, like, three hours,

01:01and David is just, like,

01:03immediately within minutes of meeting him,

01:05I was like, this is Superman.

01:06It's just one of those earnest, sincere people.

01:09He cares so deeply about other people.

01:11There's such a kindness to him.

01:13And, yeah, thankfully, we hit it off

01:15and became genuine friends kind of right off the bat.

01:17Well, I think it's, it's really integral to James

01:22that, first and foremost, that, like,

01:25the emotional life is present in, in every scene.

01:29I mean, that's what makes his movie so inspiring

01:32and so moving is that, that, that,

01:34that heart and that emotion is, is there.

01:38But, yeah, I mean, it's, it's a kind of heartbreaking scene.

01:42And, yeah, I mean, I'm not gonna lie.

01:45It was difficult to act.

01:46Like, it was difficult to move my face and emote

01:48with, with, like, three faces on top of my face.

01:51But at the same time, yeah,

01:54it was just a stellar, stellar, you know, experience.

01:58I guess I was, I was definitely nervous

02:00because he is somebody whose work

02:04I've admired for a really long time.

02:07Love his look, too.

02:09The white hair is so iconic.

02:10And I guess I had always heard things about him

02:15and never really had that experience.

02:17But, yeah, I mean, that, that,

02:20we met on Zoom before I actually met him in person.

02:23And he was very nice.

02:24I was really, I was really surprised at how nice he was.

02:27Um, and then when we met in person,

02:32he was very professional in it,

02:33but, but I really didn't get to know the guy until later.

02:35Uh, but he did tell me that day

02:38that we did the camera test

02:39that I got the role of, of Hawkgirl.

02:40Uh, and, and, and, and it was very gentle

02:43because I was, I was clearly very emotional about it.

02:46It hasn't been a Guy Gardner yet.

02:48So I get to decide,

02:50I, I get to set the tone.

02:52I get to say, this is, this is who he is.

02:54I don't have to have,

02:56I don't have anybody comparing my

02:58version of the character to anyone else's.

03:01There's, there's, there's never been anybody

03:03throwing out a first impression before I got to.

03:06So, uh, I, I, this is the, this is canon now.

03:12It's iconic.

03:14That's right.

03:14I mean, there, there were so many components to it

03:17and it was a long, long process.

03:19I really, I, I think it really kind of, uh,

03:23landed for me when, when I would walk on set

03:27and just see people's expressions change

03:30from, you know, like looking at me

03:33when I first show up in the day with a coffee

03:35to then seeing them see Metamorpho

03:38and just the kind of like look

03:40that would come over their faces.

03:42And yeah, that was, that was, that was pretty awesome.

03:44Uh, that's one of the greatest things

03:46about this character

03:47and the potential for this experience,

03:49uh, is the kid who's been told

03:52that he's too smart for his own good

03:53or too nerdy or quiet or awkward.

03:55A kid who wears a whimsical jacket,

03:59a jacket that may be considered uncool,

04:01but what makes him cool is his mind,

04:03is his brain.

04:05And that is something to be celebrated

04:07that you, you can make a difference

04:08through your intelligence.

04:10And I'm excited to see, you know,

04:11what kids are inspired by a character like this

04:13and get into math and science and STEM.

04:16They, they, they want that sense of hope

04:19as you were saying, they, they need that sense of hope,

04:21that sense of, sense of, uh, optimism,

04:24you know, and, and very troubling times.

04:27I mean, we are in the midst of very troubling times.

04:30You know, we have to believe our lying eyes,

04:33uh, and not, um, and not look away

04:36and not be in a sense of denial.

04:38Uh, but people want to feel empowered.

04:40They want to feel as though

04:41that they can make a contribution in some way,

04:43uh, and change the dynamic, you know,

04:46change, uh, this dysfunctional paradigm.

04:48And so, um, we, we turn off the lights

04:52and go into a small theater

04:53because we want to see collectively,

04:56decide what our values are

04:59and who we are, where we've been,

05:00where we failed, where we can triumph.

05:03Um, but ultimately decide what our values are

05:06and walk out of the theater

05:07and act on those.

05:09All right?

05:10And we can look at the screen and say,

05:12there but by the grace of God go I.

05:14I have some power within me

05:16to actually change the world.

05:18And it may be a metaphor

05:19in the story of these superhero, uh, films.

05:23Uh, but you realize that's me.

05:26I have, I have the power to make an impact.

05:29And I think that's what it is.

05:31While it's entertaining, um,

05:34and, and, and, uh, the optimism and joy is there,

05:38it really gives people a sense of, um,

05:42and, and the knowledge

05:44that they have it within themselves

05:46a power to make a change.

05:48It's perfect timing, I think.

05:50This film is, um, speaking on history.

05:54I mean, you could apply this

05:55to many historical events,

05:57but I think, um, it's really amazing.

05:59It's really amazing that this movie's coming out.

06:01And, um, it has a great message behind it.

06:05I was really relieved when I watched it.

06:08I was having a terrible week,

06:09um, consuming way too much real media.

06:12And, um, watching this made me feel really light

06:15and happy and, and at least hopeful, you know?

06:20Yeah.

06:20I think there's a potential for, uh, audiences

06:23to watch this film and,

06:24and have a renewed sense of empowerment.

06:28Because I think this movie probably haven't seen it,

06:30but I, the visuals are spectacular.

06:32The action is spectacular.

06:33Yes.

06:34But I think, really, it's a meditation on the human spirit

06:36that, you know, whatever problem that you're going through,

06:40uh, you can attack.

06:41And you can, uh, if it's a big societal issue

06:44or an interpersonal issue,

06:46you have the power to deal with the problems

06:50that you can deal with.

06:51Because true heroism is, is resilience and, and empathy,

06:56uh, and the willingness to, like, accept

06:59the full capacity of the human condition.

07:02It's, it's just nice to see the, the, the Daily Planet,

07:07the journalists, like, helping a superhero defeat the villain.

07:13You know, like, often they play a part in the story.

07:15They're revealing things that, like, maybe make the superhero

07:17look bad or make the superhero look good.

07:20You know, it complicates things.

07:22But I, I, I haven't seen it as much

07:24where they are part of the effort

07:25to actually bring that person down.

07:27And they're in this, you know, spacecraft

07:29and they are part of the story in tandem.

07:33And they're doing, like, a very realistic thing.

07:34They are exposing some truth

07:37so that people can get the truth

07:39and turn on the person who is actually doing them harm.

07:43So it's really cool to see that.

07:44I think that could be exciting for younger people

07:46who might want to be journalists to be like,

07:48wow, they do have this power.

07:50They are superheroes.

07:51They're working with them in that way.

07:52So I think it's, it's really cool and important.

07:54The stakes feel just as high in the newsroom

07:57as they do in the action sequences.

07:59Reading the script, you have a sense

08:01that the work that we're doing

08:02is just as important as the action itself,

08:05that the, the representation of the action is.

08:09There's, there's a sequence,

08:10like, at the end of the movie

08:11where it, kind of a newsroom kind of sequence

08:13and we're sort of breaking the story down

08:16for our boss, Rachel and I.

08:18And I was kind of like, with this line,

08:22I was sort of like, not throwing it away,

08:24but saying, and James, he was,

08:26he came in so fired up

08:27and he was like, man, this is like,

08:29this is it.

08:29You got to say this thing.

08:31You are, this is the moment.

08:32And there was this, this sense of just

08:33the responsibility that we had as journalists

08:36and the role that we played and everything.

08:40Yeah, that was kind of,

08:41that was apparent reading the script

08:43and then seeing the movie.

08:45Yeah, I think that it's clear

08:46how important that was to James

08:48from the early development of the project.

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