In-person screen tests took place at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, with Gunn and Safran in mid-June 2023. The actors tested in makeup and costume as Kent and Lane in the following pairs: Hoult and Brosnahan, Brittney and Dynevor, and Corenswet and Mackey.[101][94] The Kent contenders then tested in costume as Superman against Mackey. Gunn edited the tests together to be played for a deciding committee that included Zaslav,[94] and the casting of Corenswet as Superman and Brosnahan as Lane was announced on June 27.[3] Casting for other roles was set to follow, including for members of the superhero team the Authority who were expected to be introduced in Superman: Legacy ahead of their own film.[102][94] Brothers Alexander and Bill Skarsgård were on the shortlist for Luthor. It was unclear if Hoult would return to try for Luthor again.[94] On July 11, two years before the film's scheduled release date,[103] the casting of Isabela Merced, Edi Gathegi, and Nathan Fillion as the superheroes Hawkgirl, Mister Terrific, and Guy Gardner / Green Lantern, respectively, was announced.[8] Merced tested as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl for the unreleased DCEU film Batgirl,[104] while Fillion starred in several of Gunn's earlier films including as Cory Pitzner / T.D.K. in The Suicide Squad.[8] Anthony Carrigan, who had expressed interest in playing Luthor, was cast as the superhero Rex Mason / Metamorpho the next day.[10][105] Gunn had chosen some of these actors some time earlier but had been waiting until Superman and Lane were cast before negotiating further actor deals, leaving little time to complete negotiations before the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike began on July 14.[10][106] In response to concerns that the other superheroes would take away from the story of Superman and Lane, Gunn said those two characters remained the focus of the film and the other actors were being cast for multiple DCU projects.
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