James Gunn Answers Fan Questions With Cosmo

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Had a Super Chat (get it?) with James Gunn! THE #Superman writer-director spilled some behind-the-scenes tea with Cosmo—and trust, this new take on the Man of Steel is gonna hit you right in the feels. PRODUCER: Kate Sarmiento VIDEO EDITOR: Olan Pingco  Check out more awesome videos from Cosmopolitan Philippines! http://bit.ly/CosmoYouTube

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00:00When they came to the set, we shot in Svalbard, Norway, for four days,

00:05and then we came back here, we shot that scene, which is like 10 minutes of the film,

00:09and the first two days of shooting, and they both came in and they just nailed it.

00:18What were the biggest ideas or emotional beats that you knew had to be part of the story?

00:24I think the main thing that I wanted to hit was,

00:27there's been a lot of Superman movies, and the thing that is not always the most important

00:34is Superman's character and the way in which he changes.

00:39And so I really wanted to put that front and center,

00:42that this is a movie about a big, broad, spectacle situation in which the Earth is in danger,

00:50and people are in danger, and dogs and squirrels are in danger,

00:54but it's also a personal story about Superman, his relation to himself, and his relationship to Lois Lane,

01:00and that's as important as all that big stuff.

01:03Will the movie include origin stories of the Justice Society characters,

01:08and how did you approach introducing them in a way that feels accessible to long-time fans,

01:14and then the new ones?

01:15Well, I don't have any origin stories, though.

01:17I mean, I don't, you know, like, I think that we have been reading comic books long enough,

01:23and we've been watching cartoons long enough with superheroes,

01:26and we've been seeing movies long enough with superheroes that we're able to say,

01:30okay, there's a girl with wings, you know, I don't need to know how exactly those wings came about.

01:37I see her, she is.

01:38What was important to me was that her personality was very clear,

01:41and so Isabella Merced brought Hawkgirl to life.

01:44Same thing with Guy Gardner and Nathan Fillion,

01:46same thing with Eddie Gataygi and Mr. Terrific.

01:49We don't see where they came from, but we know that there's metahumans in this world,

01:53maybe we'll get the answers later on, maybe we won't,

01:56but what matters in this movie is the present situation and the problems they're facing in the moment.

02:02So in the trailer, there's this intense interview scene between Lois Lane and Superman, right?

02:08How did you walk through David and then Rachel for that scene?

02:13I was really fortunate because, you know,

02:15we get a little bit of time for rehearsal in a movie like this, but not a lot.

02:19And the truth is our screen test was that scene.

02:23So I was able to kind of practice shooting and directing them in that scene

02:31months and months before we ever actually did the scene.

02:35So when they came to the set, those was the, we shot in Svalbard, Norway for four days.

02:41And then we came back here, we shot those at scene, which is like 10 minutes of the film

02:46and the first two days of shooting.

02:48And they both came in and they just nailed it.

02:51And so I didn't really have to direct them that much.

02:53I gave them little bits of do this faster, say this faster, do this in a little bit of a different way.

02:59Oh, that's, this is what I mean here.

03:01Um, but for the most part, they were very, very well prepared and we were able to just

03:05shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.

03:07And it was great.

03:08So my last question, what's the heart of your film and what part of Superman's story

03:13do you hope sticks with the audience?

03:16There's a sadness almost to this movie in a way because the world wants a Superman.

03:21We want to have a Superman among us.

03:24Uh, we want a person in power who we believe is going to be looking out for, for the little

03:30man, for the little woman.

03:32Um, and that's not the case.

03:35So what I really hope is that people who go to the theater see the Superman inside themselves.

03:42They see the bit of power that they have as a human being to reach out and look out for

03:47each other.

03:48Um, and if we can do that just a little bit, I think the movie is the greatest success I'll

03:52ever have in my life.

03:53Um, and if we can do that just a little bit, let's have a look.

03:56Um, and if we can do that just a little bit, let's have a look.

03:57Let's go.

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