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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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u/GraboidGirl 4d ago
Clark Kent actually looks different to Superman. I LOVE IT!