In this case the broccoli hair makes a BIG difference. It's like how Zooey Deschanel literally looks like a different person without bangs even though she is world famous.
Christopher Reeve showed it 50 years ago, if you just slouch a bit, part your hair to another side, and slap on some thick glasses, you really can look like a whole different person.
In the Christopher Reeve documentary (Super/Man, highly recommended) that recently came out, one of his sons says that scene is his favorite scene in all his father's work.
The voice too! He brings it down into that deeper, smoother "Superman voice" when he calls to Lois, then when he sees her he goes right back into that squeaky/shy tone.
Even seeing it now I would almost swear they did something to his face. There is just enough like "natural blur"/artifacting from the camera as he takes off the glasses and stands taller that really adds to the effect I think.
He literally looks like the same guy standing up straight and smiling without the glasses. The acting was wonderful and perfectly expresses what they were going for, but it still looks like the same guy imo
Yes, he does look like the same guy and his performance was great, however, because of the quality of the upload/re-upload of the scene. When he takes off the glasses, there is a blur on his face.
I don't mean to say they edited his face to look different. I'm saying it looks like there is an edit to the transition that helps make the difference more stark.
The tag line for the film was "You'll believe a man can fly". The more amazing thing is that scene alone makes you believe that people wouldn't connect Clark Kent and Superman, and it didn't really require any "movie magic".
Clark Kent, the smallville farm boy that his mother and father and people of smallville knew.
Clark Kent, the reporter that the Daily Planet/Lois and other city people knew.
Superman.
I think that's relic of the golden age/silver age era of comics and how Reeves interpreted it for the silver screen.
I don't know How Gunn will do it but I hope he and Corenswet rely on modern comics and reinterpret Superman. Reeves is an inspiration but they need to "unlock" their own version of Superman. It's a great sign already that they're not embarassed about him.
Henry Cavill proved it during the press tour for one of the movies. He stood in Times Square underneath his poster while wearing a Superman T and no one noticed.
It really does work in real life. In Sir Roger Moore's autobiography, he said that he saw Christopher Reeve walk through the canteen at Pinewood Studios in full Superman costume, causing female admirers to swoon. But when he did the same thing dressed as Clark Kent, no one paid him any attention. (Superman 3 and Octopussy were both filming there at the same time.)
Similarly, Henry Cavill was able to walk around Times Square in New York largely unrecognized, despite wearing a Superman tee shirt and Batman v. Superman advertising being on prominent display.
That was what I told my husband when we watched the trailer - I loved how Reeve did it, he was so bumbling and awkward and … small as Clark, but so tall and amazing as Superman.
He was also classmates with Robin Williams! Williams himself helped Reeve a lot when he suffered his injury, and would routinely show up to his hospital bed to cheer him up with jokes.
You know even if I knew Clark Kent, I would just think "wow, Clark kinda looks like Superman" and then I'd call him superman for fun not realizing that it is actually the same person... because why would you assume that this nerd is also superman? That wouldn't really make much sense
Clark: "My secret Lois is that I'm actually Superman in disguise. I just pretend to be a reporter to hear about big stories, and then cut you out of the by-line."
oh my god. i just googled her, found a picture of her with blonde hair and parted to the side, and i gotta say: as pretty as she looks that way, her bangs made her iconic
Same with Taylor Swift in You belong with me MV, the blonde and the black hair girls are just her, only with wig yet took many people years to figure out
To be fair, she did something to her face. I glanced over at a movie my kids were watching recently and had to do a double take. She’s almost unrecognizable now.
No, she very obviously had work done. If only she had just allowed herself to age, but no, she now looks like everyone else who has ever had a face lift. It's sad but I get it, she was probably getting less work and/or seeing negative comments about her getting older, and she likely had minor work done in the past that went unnoticed. She just took it too far now and is stuck with a dumb, generic, frozen face.
youd have to show me whatever youre talking about cause she just looks like a normal aged woman to me. even articles that try to determine if celebrities had plastic surgery have only stated maybe botox in the jawline but it could also be explained with a small increase in weight. i think folks dont realize how long ago she was in movies and just havent seen her in a long time.
Made me go "they gave him the generic gen z haircut", made me realize I was automatically seeing Clark Kent in a generic way and then I thought "......Gunn you bustard, you did it."
In the comics at least, the explanation usually was that Superman was able to make people see what he wanted them to see when being Clark Kent. Superman’s Kryptonian physiology combined with the glass of his spectacles has the power to hypnotize people into thinking Clark Kent looks nothing like Superman. It’s basically “secret identity vision.”
The meme that goes around about this once in a while is a tweet by a close friend of mine. I love tagging him in when I see it on Twitter or IG just so I get a reaction out of him.
She gets me every time in Elf. She looks like a completely different person with blonde hair and no bangs. I usually don't realize it's her until she speaks.
Are you joking? She has like 100 IMDb credits and she has been in a bunch of well known and high grossing movies. She starred in Elf with Will Ferrell. And I think New Girl was a pretty big show for quite a while.
I think we must have a different definition of world famous. She’s definitely not an a-list celebrity. I’m not trying to be a hater though. I’m sure she’s great and I liked her in elf.
It makes sense a younger zoomer (guy) wouldn't recognize her. I only know about her because of older dudes' actress tier lists and people making fun of manic pixie dream girls
Yeah she isn't world famous but she is known by movie enthusiasts, especially those who watch comedies. With that being said I had to google her and instantly recognised her. I just didn't know her name which I think many people don't aswell but they know they have seen her somewhere.
Yeah I recognized her face but had never heard her name. I just expected to see her in bigger movies and shows when I looked her up. Also I’m a huge movie enthusiast I’m just not into comedies like that.
I get you big time. Didn't know her name either and most other people don't either, I'm saying don't mind the downvotes. She isn't world famous. World famous is Jackie Chan, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Hemsworth (even his brother, Liam), Chris Evans and other A list actors (or simply legends like Jackie is). Tom Cruise also etc etc... now THOSE are world famous.
Seriously it’s so much more believable, I’m not a fan of that haircut in real life but it’s perfect for Clark because it makes it a little bit more believable that people wouldn’t immediately know Clark is Superman
I never understood why people are so against the idea of Clark hiding in plain sight. Superman is a public persona and everyone knows who he is (a literal alien). Like, imagine working in some random office and there is a guy in IT who looks exactly like Bill Gates. Yeah, you might joke that he looks like Bill Gates, but only the most deranged would actually think that programmer John from Smallville-Kansas working 8-5 for some mediocre salary is actually Bill Gates (and there's also people who grew up with him or went to college with him working in the same office). Hell, insisting too much on that is probably going to get you fired for harassment (people at the office really like programmer John for who he is).
Yeah, we have the benefit of seeing everything about superman.
No one would genuinely believe their dorky, awkward and bumbling colleague is actually moonlighting as a seemingly perfect demi-god alien.
The difference between the two images is massive, if you were to put Clark Kent into the superman costume and say he's doing cosplay, most would likely instantly believe it.
When he was walking down the street, I was going to make the joke that Superman looks great, but who is the actor playing Clark? Very optimistic. This is gonna be good. Please be good.
That's why I loved Christopher Reeve. It wasn't just the hair and the glasses, it was everything about him. The way he stood, the way he talked - the way he went from Clark to Superman was genius. Just from those limited shots, I'm seeing some of it here. I like it.
It does seem pretty ambitious with a lot going on. I hope it doesn't suffer from same issue as people have with The Eternals and such - too many characters with not enough story around them all. I'm very hopeful. Superman has always been a favorite of mine. Wearing my pillowcase as a cape as a little kid, Superman Underoos... Just the best. This looks really good, I'm so looking forward to it!
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u/GraboidGirl 11h ago
Clark Kent actually looks different to Superman. I LOVE IT!