Superman Director James Gunn Confirms Jor-El Casting Rumor

Director James Gunn called upon a Guardian of the Galaxy to play Jor-El successful his Superman movie.

Rocket Raccoon dependable histrion Bradley Cooper plays the biologic begetter of Kal-El, Gunn revealed during the L.A. property junket for the film. Rumors of Cooper's casting archetypal surfaced earlier this year.

“Really, Bradley’s conscionable doing maine a favor,” Gunn told Jake’s Takes (via ComicBook). “He’s a friend. We’ve stayed successful adjacent interaction since the Guardians movies, and I respect him greatly arsenic an histrion and arsenic a director.”

“I conscionable said, ‘Hey, volition you bash maine a favor? Come down, spell to England, we’re going to sprout you successful a 3D environment, marque a hologram of you, and you tin play Jor-El,’” Gunn said. “He was like, ‘Okay.’”

A holographic Jor-El makes consciousness arsenic Gunn has antecedently said his Superman is not an root film, and there’s past precedence for a holographic Jor-El successful past Superman films.

James Gunn and Bradley Cooper (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Disney)

Cooper voiced Rocket Raccoon successful Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy arsenic good arsenic successful Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

Other past Gunn collaborators who popular up successful Superman see those who dependable the robots successful the Fortress of Solitude. Pom Klementieff was Mantis successful the MCU, Michael Rooker played Yondu successful the Guardians trilogy and Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, Gunn’s woman Jennifer Holland stars successful Peacemaker, and Alan Tudyk voiced assorted characters successful Creature Commandos.

Gunn's member Sean Gunn, who was besides successful the Guardians trilogy, is besides successful Superman arsenic Maxwell Lord.

Look for IGN’s interrogation with Gunn and the formed of Superman person to the film’s release.

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