James Gunn revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that he refused to listen to “Superman” test screening audiences who opposed the moment when David Corenswet’s Man of Steel decides to save a squirrel as Metropolis is being attacked by a rampaging Kaiju monster. It’s a quick and utterly harmless beat in the film, but one that is key to getting across Superman’s empathy and kindness.
“It was probably the second- or third-most hotly debated moment in the movie,” Gunn said. “Because we showed it to test audiences and some people did not like the squirrel.
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