Superman test screenings said that safeguarding the coupé squirrel; James Gunn refused
James Gunn revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that he refused to listen to the “Superman” test projection audiences who opposed David Corenswet’s steel man decides to save a squirrel while Metropolis is attacked by a unleashed Kaiju monster. It is a rapid rhythm and quite harmless in the film, but which is essential to cross the empathy and the kindness of Superman.
“It was probably the second or second moment mostly debated in the film,” said Gunn. “Because we have shown it to test the public and some people did not like squirrel. They say to themselves: “Why does he devil save a squirrel?” Why does he take time, saving a squirrel? There was a cup where I cut it and I said to myself: “I really miss the squirrel. In addition, there were geographic problems with the place where it found itself if I had not flown with the squirrel.
In a separate interview with the New York Times, Gunn said: “Many people were anti-squirrel. They thought it was too much. And I think it really comes down, do you like squirrels or not?”
Another test screening note that Gunn has received is the one he is dealing with with his entire career: the pace is simply too fast.
“When you test films, almost always, especially in the first test tests, one of the main questions they ask is:” Is it too slow? Is it too fast? Is it just true? “And my films have always had an overabundance of” too fast “compared to” too slow “,” said Gunn. “Because I am not indulgent. I do not care about my precious little moments which are so important to me by making a film. I want to create something as rationalized as possible, and if it means that I go too fast, sometimes I do it. And so it’s really about going back. ”
Test screenings have become a routine process for studio films, although they do not always align with public tastes. The boss of Marvel, Kevin Feige, sadly demonstrated “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” saying that Kang de Jonathan Majors was “the highest villain that we have ever had in one of our friends and families [screenings]. “But that did not bring people into theaters, while” Quantumania “failed with $ 476 million worldwide to become one of the lowest in Marvel.
“Superman” plays in theaters at the national scale of Warner Bros. and DC studios.
