Corenswet's physical trainer breaks down the routine that helped the formerly svelte actor put on 40 pounds of muscle—and how he got Nicholas Hoult prepped for Lex Luthor.

Whoopi Goldberg told 'Superman' stars David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan during their Thursday, July 10 appearance on The View that she "fell in love with [him] as Superman" while watching the new movie.

Despite not playing Superman, Nicholas Hoult made $2M for 'Superman,' far more than David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan's reported salaries

His Superman would have been, per comments made at the time, his attempt at “meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s most iconic mythic hero.” Details about the script are hard to come by—the Wall Street Journal piece runs with the idea that it would have been a period piece set during the civil rights movement—but Coates was,

When director James Gunn, steward of the high-flying new Superman reboot, was recently asked to list his favourite comic book movies, he singled out Richard Donner’s beautifully brash 1978 take on the Man of Steel – the film generally credited with firing the starter pistol for the modern cinematic superhero era.

James Gunn’s “Superman” — starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel — surprised even the most worn-out critics with its “charm.”

David Corenswet takes flight as the Man of Steel in the director James Gunn's "Superman."

Before David Corenswet's Superman releases, here are 10 comic books that you can read in a single session to get to know the character better!