‘Smallville' Star Makes Bold Statement About ‘Superman' Actor David Corenswet
During the July 15 episode of his podcast,Inside of You, Rosenbaum, who has a brief appearance in the 2025 film, said he thoroughly enjoyed Superman, directed by James Gunn. In addition, he said while he always will love his Smallville co-star Tom Welling's portrayal of Clark Kent, AKA Superman, he thinks Corenswet embodied the iconic character.
"Tom is always my Smallville Clark Kent. He's my Clark Kent. But David Corenswet was freaking Superman. He is awesome," said Rosenbaum during his podcast.
The actor also complimented Rachel Brosnahan for her portrayal of Lois Lane and Edi Gathegi's portrayal of Mr. Terrific. In addition, he said he believes "Nicholas Hoult does a great job" as Lex in the film.
During a July 2025 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hoult said he spoke to Rosenbaum about playing Lex. According to Hoult, Rosenbaum "was so kind and encouraging, and he really gave me a freedom and a confidence and a support that felt really lovely going into it."
"He was probably the first person I saw play Luthor when I was growing up. So to get to interact with him and to chat with him beforehand was really special. I appreciate that from him, his time, but also just his encouragement meant a lot," said Hoult to the publication. "The beautiful thing he said was, 'You've got this. Go have fun.' It's a, weirdly, kind of uplifting and wonderful thing to play a character that you've watched someone play and do a brilliant job at, to then have them say, 'Yeah, go get it. Go take it on.' That's a really bolstering sort of thing to happen. It was very kind of him to do that because I suppose it's a weird thing taking on a character that other people have played in some ways."
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