The original disaster-thriller Twister film released in 1996 has finally got its storm-chasing spin-off.
The cast of this new installment includes the growing star Glen Powell (Topgun: Maverick), Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing) and Anthony Ramos (In the Heights).
It also includes the new Superman of James Gunn’s DCU, David Corenswet, as a supporting role.
Many are excited to see the Pearl actor take on the mantle of the Man of Steel, with high expectations after the performance of Henry Cavill in the “Snyder verse” aka “DCEU”.
Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung spoke in a podcast with Inside Total Film and with GamesRadar+ about working with the soon-to-be superhero.
Chung explained how Corenswet was going for the role whilst in the middle of filming Twisters.
“I remember, we were all really secretly rooting for him. When we found out he was on a shortlist, a lot of us were saying, ‘You know, he actually would be a great Superman.’”
The Minari director shared his experience about working with Corenswet, and how much of a genuine person he is.
“He is such an imposing and big presence and larger than life – but there’s this genuine purity to him, in a weird way, that I feel fits in a lot with Superman.”
He added: “When he came back from that audition, I remember feeling like he must have got it. It was this weird sense that I had that he just looked the part.”
“He just felt the part to me.”
“Man, I feel like James Gunn has lucked out finding this guy, because he’s a real discovery, and he’s going to kill it.”
Although Corenswet’s role in Twisters seems to be more antagonistic compared to his superhero-counterpart, “For us, he was playing an antagonist, so, a lot of times, I was just seeing Scott [his character].”
Twisters is set to release in the UK on July 17th, and in the US on July 19th.
Superman is set to release in summer 2025.
