Superman director James Gunn revealed in a new interview that he was searching for an actor of Chris Pratt‘s caliber to play the titular character in his upcoming movie. He eventually cast David Corenswet,

No one else could have played Superman in James Gunn’s new DC movie other than David Corenswet… except maybe Chris Pratt.

We’re only a few days away from the release of DCU’s first live-action movie, ‘Superman.’ The movie was written and directed by James Gunn. David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent / Superman, and the cast also includes Rachel Brosnahan,