Superman star Rachel Brosnahan says a ‘witch' helped her lift a 10-year ‘travel curse' ahead of movie promotion: ‘I made her sign an NDA'
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Rachel Brosnahan on how a witch broke her travel curse
Jimmy kicked things off by congratulating her on the film's success and pointed out how she travelled all over Asia, South America to promote it. Then he casually asked if she's good at travelling. Rachel laughed and said it felt amazing to meet fans worldwide, but honestly, it was nothing short of a miracle. 'I've been suffering from a travel curse for the past 10 years,' she revealed. She explained that while she always somehow made it to places, 'it's never not stressful, like as humanly stressful as it gets.'
She even shared how Peter Safran, co-head of DC Studios, once refused to board a plane with her. 'He just said, 'I'm not getting on a plane with you,' and he didn't,' she said. Rachel said no one ever believes her until they actually travel with her. 'Someone always ends up late, or something crazy happens. Then they look at me and say, 'Ma'am, I'm so sorry, I've just never seen this before,'' she said with a laugh. She recalled being given 36 hours to promote the film in New Mexico. 'It was a beautiful day in May, sunny, gorgeous air, and suddenly, as I'm driving on this two-lane highway to the airport, a literal apocalyptic snowstorm hits. Full whiteout,' she said. 'I made it by the skin of my teeth. They probably shouldn't have let me on the plane, but I got there.'
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And it didn't stop there. When the rest of the cast flew out to the Paris Olympics, Rachel was still stuck at LAX for eight hours because her luggage had disappeared. 'Everyone was like, 'We just took off!' And I was sitting there like, of course I'm not going anywhere.' Jimmy then asked how she finally got rid of this curse, and Rachel explained how panicked she was ahead of the Superman promo tour. So, she asked around, friends, family, if anyone knew any energy healers or past life readers. 'I ended up calling a witch,' she said. 'I brought her to my house. She brought a wishing well, a wand, and she even signed an NDA,' Rachel deadpanned. The witch asked about her traumas, her life, all of it, and apparently, that's how the curse was lifted. When Jimmy asked if it really worked, Rachel nodded and said, 'I'm happy to report it did.' In the film, Rachel plays Lois Lane, a reporter at the Daily Planet and love interest to Corenswet's Superman.
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