Writer/director James Gunn called in a 'favor' to Bradley Cooper to appear in a key role in his new DCU feature.

"A lot of times, Jor-El is played by a 70-year-old man and that means he was 70 when he had a baby, so I wanted somebody that wasn't too old," Gunn continued, referencing past Jor

James Gunn’s Superman is one of the most talked-about films of recent times. While David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan’s chemistry on screen is heavily praised, another actor who took the audience by surprise is Bradley Cooper.