This may have gone without saying – on account previous cinema Directing superheroes for the man who makes them—but James Gunn Superman: Legacy It’s shaping up to be a pretty weird movie. Take, for example, a new piece of transmission information dug before Hollywood Reporter todayrevealed it Barry Outstanding Anthony Carrigan has been cast in Gunn’s Superman reboot like… Metamorpho!
Who is Metamorpho? certainly You kidding: Every superhero fan knows Metamorpho The Element Man, created in 1965 as part of the recurring Bob Haney very goofy Batman team-up comic movie, Brave and daring. (Ramona Fradon did this art for Metamorpho first appearance; She and Haney share the character’s creation credit.) He’s had his own comic for several years! there was episode of Justice League This may have been the first children’s exposure to Tom Sizemore! Metamorpho!
For the inexplicably ignorant, Metamorpho is actually Rex Mason, a two-fisted adventurer who have been exposed to one of these radioactive meteors that Superheroes have always had it in the 60s, giving him the ability to transform into any item or combination of items–Which is exactly as extra energy as it sounds. He also has some connection to Egyptian mythology, why not, and one of the ugliest costumes in all of superheroes.
All this means: Beautiful A strange hero to add into the mix when you’re ostensibly trying to reboot an entire cinematic universe, but that’s Gunn for ya. At least he picked a great actor to tackle it (also a Gunn hallmark): Carrigan received widespread praise for playing the super friendly NoHo gangster Hank Barry. Carrigan described himself in a Delivery time interview He’s also “dumbfounded” by the casting, which is fun; He joins the cast that includes David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan as Clark Kent and Lois Lane. No actor has yet been announced to play this franchise’s version of Lex Luthor, though Do you have jay gardner now!
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