"We said a quick hello, and he was… very nice and very tall, and we read the scene together," Brosnahan told People. The scene in question, Corenswet remembered, was on the long

Superman's foil comes in Hoult's Lex Luthor, a man proudly consumed by envy, who, as Lois deduces, wants to be king (who said comic book allegory needed to be subtle?). Hoult joins Brosnahan and Corenswet in ceding character beats and development to a chaotic, teeming plot.

Unless you follow David Corenswet on Instagram—and to be fair, nearly 900,000 people do—you may not be familiar with his name. As of this weekend, though, everyone will know who he is. Corenswet is about to take up the mantle of the world’s most iconic hero: Superman,