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Superman must reconcile his heritage with his human upbringing, being the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way in a now changed world.

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00:00Wait, I'm sorry, are you Lois or are you Lois?

00:02Do I have a program just so I know who everybody is?

00:04Who's Lois now?

00:12Hi, I'm Aaron from Golden Screen Cinemas, Malaysia.

00:15Nice to speak to you all today.

00:16I'll just do my Lois impression.

00:19This is my imaginary tape recorder.

00:21So, David, Rachel, what's it like being Superman and Lois?

00:26Well, great question, Lois.

00:27Wait, I'm sorry, are you Lois or are you Lois?

00:30I don't know what to have.

00:31Can I have a program just so I know who everybody is?

00:33Okay.

00:34What's it like being Lois?

00:36Playing Lois?

00:37Who's Lois now?

00:38I think you from the last time I called.

00:42What?

00:43What it's like being Superman?

00:44Yes.

00:45Playing Superman.

00:45It's really cool to get to play a character who is already so much in the public consciousness.

00:53It's sort of like the most fun version of getting to play a great Shakespearean character

00:58or I guess that's sort of the, I don't know.

01:02It's a little like theater in that all these roles have been embodied by actors that we

01:07admire before us.

01:08They've lived so many different lives before we got to live this one with them.

01:12Yeah.

01:12It's pretty cool.

01:13I love that you mentioned theater because that scene that you guys had, I was like,

01:17I come from a musical background and I was like, okay, these films are like a play and

01:21you guys were perfect in that.

01:23David, also I love that there's a subtle difference in the tone of your voice and your body posture.

01:27Whenever you switch between Clark Kent and Superman, I was wondering if that was inspired

01:32by the late great Christopher Reeve or was that something you and James discussed before

01:36shooting the film?

01:37It was mostly inspired by Chris Reeve who, you know, being the first big screen Superman

01:43and having made such, I mean, it's almost an understatement to just say made an impact.

01:50He created the character on the big screen for so many people and still endures as sort of

01:55the original big screen Superman and that scene where he does it in the original movie

02:00is so iconic.

02:01It's so well done and so much in just the way he changes his voice and his posture.

02:06There are also some great drawings.

02:08I forget whether they're Grant Morrison or Frank Quiley, but some great drawings for the

02:12comics where they're laying out the difference in Clark Kent's posture from Superman's posture.

02:18And in the comics, you don't hear of difference in voice, but you certainly get a difference

02:21in pace of talking and sort of vocabulary.

02:24It's a fun thing to get to play with as an actor playing two characters, especially when

02:28it's in the same scene.

02:29Rachel, as for you, I mean, Louise is so much more than Clark Kent's love interest.

02:34I was wondering what is one aspect about her character that you felt the need to get right

02:38in order to encapsulate the essence of who she is?

02:42I think the balance of these different sides of her.

02:46She's somebody who I think often is portrayed as primarily either a love interest or primarily

02:52a journalist.

02:54And there have obviously been some phenomenal interpretations that I think walk that tightrope

02:59really beautifully.

03:01But it was something that I was focused on.

03:03I love the idea that as someone who is an everyday superhero, somebody who's the top of

03:08her game, somebody who prides herself on being able to be 10 steps ahead of everybody else

03:13and see around every corner, that this love that they share is this thing that knocks her

03:19off her feet, that she can't work out in her head, that she can't logic her way around.

03:26And that's a new feeling for her.

03:30And I feel like James gave us this great roadmap to look at all of the different sides of these

03:35characters, but also to watch her in particular in a way that was fun for me to portray grapple

03:41with that.

03:42Have you been to Malaysia?

03:44No.

03:44Not yet?

03:45Okay, well, we're bringing Malaysia to you guys with a game of this or that.

03:49Great.

03:49Okay, so this is our local delights.

03:52We've got nasi lemak and roti chanai.

03:55Based on first impression, which one would you go for?

03:58Nasi lemak.

03:59Nasi lemak, okay.

04:00The boiled egg does it for me.

04:01All right.

04:02Well, how about teh tarik or Milo ice?

04:04So it's basically milk tea and this chocolatey ice drink called Milo ice.

04:08Milo ice, the chocolate.

04:09Okay, James was like, I hate chocolatey drinks, so you guys can take it up to you.

04:13That's a strange man.

04:14If you had to visit a building in Malaysia, Fetanas KLCC or Merdeka11,

04:19which one would you go for?

04:21KLCC.

04:22I don't know whether it's just a photograph, but that's a pretty cool looking building.

04:25It's a really unique building.

04:26Yeah, it's like a shopping center.

04:28Oh, even better.

04:30We love shopping.

04:31Love to shop.

04:32And the last question is, this is our Malaysian superheroes.

04:36Chichak Man is basically, the direct translation is Lizard Man.

04:40And Kaluang Man, he's like a vigilante.

04:41He uses his strength with, you know the drill?

04:44I'm not hinting at anything, by the way.

04:45So I was wondering, which one would you choose as Superman's sidekick?

04:48Right into the town.

04:49Chichak Man it is.

04:50Okay, cool.

04:50Well, thank you guys.

04:51Thank you so much.

04:52Thank you so much.

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