Superman’s Beck Bennett Talks Working With James Gunn, Reprising Role in Future

Beck Bennett has opened up about what fans can expect from his DCU character in Superman.

Bennett is playing Steve Lombard in Superman, which released in United States theaters this coming July. Written and directed by James Gunn, the movie also stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and more.

What did Beck Bennett say about starring in Superman?

Speaking with ComingSoon Editor Brandon Schreur, Bennett discussed what DC fans can expect to see from Steve in Superman.

“If you know him at all from reading about him online or the comic books, he’s an adversary for Clark Kent at The Daily Planet,” Bennett said. “They work together, he’s a sports writer there. He’s kind of a little bit of an adversary for everybody. He doesn’t really have a filter. He has strong opinions. With Steve Lombard, a defining trait of him — by one of the creators or writers of the early Superman comics, he was described as ‘a run-through character.’ Where you can run him through a scene and you know you’re going to get a positive response, a fun response, or a laugh. He’s a character where, when you see him, you know what to expect, you know he’s going to be overly confident and then kind of fall flat on his face and get embarrassed. It’s really fun to play a character who is so cocky and just always ends up getting his comeuppance.”

When asked if there was a DCU future for Steve after Superman or if he’d be open to reprising the role in other projects, Bennett said, “I would love to play him again and again, yeah, definitely. And, also, just work with the creative team and the cast. Mikaela Hoover, Christopher McDonald, Skyler Gisondo, Rachel Brosnahan, and David Corenswet — it was such a fun group to work with. I know we all love being part of this. So, I don’t know, but Superman is a corner of the DC Universe and Metropolis is a corner of Superman, so I would hope that I could come up again but we’ll have to wait and see.”

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net