
David Corenswet has been everywhere this year, and not just because Superman dominated the box office and the 2025 movie calendar. The actor is now addressing the viral behind-the-scenes clip that lit up social media — the moment he and director James Gunn were caught in a passionate creative debate on set. Instead of brushing it off, Corenswet is using the spotlight to explain what that exchange really meant to him.
In his Variety Actors on Actors sit-down with Jonathan Bailey, a conversation—part career therapy session, part geek-out over craft—he explained why he values that kind of creative back-and-forth. What Corenswet seems to reslish working with a director like James Gunn, who storyboards everything yet still invites actors to push and occasionally challenge him. The architect of the upcoming DCU movie slate even shared the footage on social media with pride, calling it one of his favorite moments on set. When it came to Corenswet's take on that specific conversation, he explained: