Superman: Legacy casts The Righteous Gemstones star Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen
Nov. 21, 2023Sara Sampaio has been cast as Eve Teschmacher
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Skyler Gisondo has been cast as Jimmy Olsen inJames Gunn’s upcoming DC film Superman: Legacy.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Gisondo is set to play the Daily Planet photographer and reporter with Portuguese model Sara Sampaio also joining the cast as Lex Luthor’s assistant Eve Teschmacher.
Jimmy Olsen, a boyish reporter who has a close friendship with Lois Lane, was first played by Jack Larson in the 1950s TV show Adventures of Superman. In cinema, Marc McClure took on the role in 1978’s Superman, staring Christopher Reeve, and its following sequels. The character wouldn’t appear again until 2006’s Superman Returns, which predates the (now-defunct) DCEU and starred Brandon Routh as the classic hero. Michael Cassidy also played a darker version of the character, reimagined as a CIA agent posing as a photographer inZack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The first movie in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC slate follows a younger Superman as he embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent. It was previously announced thatDavid Corenswet would take on the classic hero back in Junewith Rachel Brosnahan starring as Lois Lane.Anthony Carrigan will also play MetamorphowithNicholas Hoult officially tapped to play Lex Luthor.
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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