‘Superman’ director defends ‘goofy’ and ‘cheap’ clip of David Corenswet flying after backlash

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new teaser trailer for the DC film that shows David Corenswet’s Superman flying through a frozen tundra.One critic told Gunn, 58, on Threads, “There’s something with his face that looks a little off.

I know there’s plenty of time to refine the CG.”Gunn replied, “There is absolutely zero CG in his face. People’s faces can look different when you put a wide angle lens up close.

The background plate in Svalbard is 100% real as is David.”Gunn’s response came after several fans claimed that Corenswet’s face in the flying shot didn’t look real.“The flying scene looks a little rough,” one account wrote on X in a reply to Gunn’s post with the teaser.“Respectfully the CGI looks really bad, especially during the flying sequence,” another fan said. “It looks like an AI face swap.”“Nah this ain’t it,” a different fan wrote.A fourth fan said, “This is objectively terrible looking.

lol Wow.”Someone else wrote, “Took a lot of balls to post this with crossed eye CGI Superman at the end.”A different X account said the flying scene looked “goofy” and “cheap.”Gunn, who directed the “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy and “The Suicide Squad,” was named co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran in 2022.“We’re honored to be the stewards of these DC characters we’ve loved since we were children,” Gunn and Safran, 59, said in a statement obtained by The Post. “We look forward to collaborating with the most talented writers, directors, and actors in the world to create an integrated, multilayered universe that still allows for the individual expression of the artists involved.”“Superman” is Gunn’s first film in the new DC Universe.