DC‘s upcoming Superman movie has just added a new cast member!
13.02.2024 - 05:15 / deadline.com
Isabela Merced is one of the stars of Sony and Marvel’s Madame Web. However, the actress will soon cross over to the DC Universe to play the role of Hawkgirl in Superman Legacy.
While attending the world premiere of the Marvel film she co-stars with Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney, Merced talked to Deadline about landing the part in the DC film.
“James Gunn is one of those guys that like has a group of people around him at all times taking care of his movies, and they’re just the best of the best,” Merced told us. “They’re so good at what they do and you trust them so much that the communication is uncanny. And I’m just happy to be a part of it. I’m happy that he trusts me.”
About the audition process for the role in the film, Merced said “The tests were extensive” and “The auditions were extensive.” The perk of being in a Gunn film is that now she has the director’s direct phone number “and we just text him. It’s crazy.”
Superman Legacy is about to start production and is set to roll out in theaters on July 11, 2025.
Isabela Merced on joining the DCU as Hawkgirl for ‘Superman: Legacy,’ her audition process and texting with James Gunn pic.twitter.com/lB5y3oYw5l
Merced has a tight shooting schedule this year as she also revealed that she has begun shooting the second season of The Last of Us.
“The stars are truly aligning. I had several of my friends that I’ve worked with in this industry for a long time join the cast,” she teased of the second season. “I can’t say who just joined. But he’s amazing. And he’s a future superstar and already a superstar in my eyes.”
Merced also had only good things to say about co-star Kaitlyn Dever, calling her “one of the most talented actors I’ve ever worked with.”
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DC‘s upcoming Superman movie has just added a new cast member!
Katcy Stephan Wendell Pierce has joined James Gunn‘s “Superman,” Variety can confirm. “The Wire” actor will play Perry White, editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet newspaper that employs Clark Kent (David Corenswet), Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) and Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo). Other cast members include Nicholas Hoult as villain Lex Luthor, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Terence Rosemore as Otis, Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, María Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer and Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific.
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Madame Web has registered one of the weakest box office opening weeks of all time for a film based on a Marvel character.The film was released into cinemas around the world on February 14, and in its first six days, it took just $26.2 million (£20.8 million) in the US, and a further $25.7 million (£20.4 million) internationally. This represents an underperformance, even compared to Sony’s recent Morbius, which itself was seen as a commercial disappointment.Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, Madame Web stars Dakota Johnson in the lead role as a woman who develops psychic abilities.
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Isabela Merced is an understatement. The 22 year old actress has just starred in her first superhero film alongside Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney, and is now primed to make an ever bigger splash as a part of the cast of “The Last of Us” season 2 and “Superman: Legacy.” The Last of Us: Isabela Merced is the latest star to join Season 2 of the seriesIsabela Merced wears Versace dress worn by Naomi Campbell to ‘Madame Web’ premiereThis week, Merced attended the premiere of “Madame Web,” where she discussed the film and her career with different journalists. She revealed that in the coming months she’d be working on both “Superman: Legacy” and “The Last of Us,” a movie and a TV show that will be taking up a lot of her time.
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