David Corenswet is getting some celebrity company in Superman: Legacy: popular series star Nathan Fillion will take on a resonant role alongside his duties in The Rookie.
Henry Cavill’s final departure was devastating news for the entire DC fandom. For a few weeks now, his successor has been decided: David Corenswet. To speak of euphoria around the new Superman actor would be presumptuous. But there is life in the character again, which DC boss James Gunn himself wants to bring to the big screen in Superman: Legacy.
With Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, David Corenswet’s most important partner has already been confirmed. The rest of the cast is also gradually coming together. With a little surprise: Nathan Fillion is in the cast.
What role does The Rookie star Nathan Fillion play alongside David Corenswet?
Nathan Fillion is currently experiencing a new career high with The Rookie. It is his third extremely popular series after Castle and Firefly. Fillion plays an older police trainee who has to compete with much younger colleagues in the LAPD’s training programme.
Due to his immense popularity, blockbusters regularly rely on Fillion’s charisma. In Superman: Legacy, Fillion is to portray the hero Green Lantern, reports Vanity Fair . But not the Green Lantern played by Ryan Reynolds, for example. Fillion embodies the character Guy Gardner, who is a member of the so-called Green Lantern Corps.
Nathan Fillion becomes a permanent fixture in the DC Universe
Fillion has a longer history with James Gunn: he was in Gunn’s works Slither – Voll auf den Schleim gegangen and Guardians of the Galaxy 1 to 3. And in The Suicide Squad, also by James Gunn. In the brutal carnage he plays the character T.D.K. Spoiler: He dies in the first few minutes.
Nathan Fillion as T.D.K.
Fillion’s appearance in Superman: Legacy might also be rather brief in the tradition of these cameos. And it shows that James Gunn is taking his usual liberties in the DC universe. A good sign.
