James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Adds ‘Saturday Night Live’ Actor Beck Bennett
Saturday Night Live veteran Beck Bennett has joined the cast of James Gunn’s inaugural DC Studios movie Superman.
The feature is currently in production in Atlanta with David Corenswet starring as Clark Kent/Superman, and Rachel Brosnahan playing Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane. The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult as villain Lex Luthor.
The movie will feature classic members of Superman’s supporting characters, such as Jimmy Olsen being played by Skyler Gisondo, Eve Teschmacher (Sara Sampaio) and Daily Planet editor in chief Perry White (Wendell Pierce).
It will also feature a variety of DC heroes. Edi Gathegi is playing Mister Terrific, Anthony Carrigan is Metamorpho, Isabela Merced is Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion is Guy Gardner, and María Gabriela de Faría (The Engineer).
Sources say that Bennett will play one of notable reporters at the Daily Planet.
DC Studios had no comment.
