Superman‘s David Corenswet Reveals He Bulked Up by the Same Amount of Weight His Wife Gained While She Was Pregnant
Every Superman needs his Lois Lane. David Corenswet might be flying towards fame, but he hit the ground running with his wife every step of the way.
It was actually his wife who helped him land the iconic role. “She helped me make my first self-tape for the part, and she felt at that point that I should get the part,” he recalled in a People interview. “I thought she was crazy, but she felt it from the beginning. So if anything, I knew that she would be even more excited than I was.”
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It turned out to be a full circle moment for the DC actor and his love. The couple made their red carpet debut at the July 7 premiere of James Gunn’s movie and the two appeared cozy at the premiere.
Who is David Corenswet’s wife, Julia Best Warner?
Julia Best Warner is an actress and producer. She met her future husband at a Pennsylvania theater program called Upper Darby Summer Stage when they were teenagers. “I made many of my closest friends and most cherished performance memories on — and off — the stage at Upper Darby Summer Stage,” Corenswet told Broadway World. “But more than that I learned a valuable lesson about life and career: dream of the leading role, compete hard for it, then let it go and enjoy the chorus.
Corenswet described their young romance as a “slow burn.” She graduated from Point Park University with a Bachelor’s degree in acting. Meanwhile, the Pearl actor attended the University of Pennsylvania for a year before transferring to the Juilliard School. She had a role in Netflix’s Ratched.
The two married in 2023 in a cross faith ceremony that celebrated his father’s Jewish roots and her Catholic upbringing. Warner became pregnant in that summer and the timing was just right for them.
“She told me that she was pregnant two days after I found out I was going to screen test for Superman,” Corenswet told People. “For the first several months of her pregnancy, as is sort of protocol, we weren’t telling anybody. We had these two quite huge secrets that we just had between the two of us.”
The two also shared a common ground during those nine months. “She gained about 40 pounds while she was pregnant and in the same period, I gained about 40 pounds gaining weight for Superman,” he joked. “I started snoring and had to use her pregnancy pillow.” Warner gave birth to their daughter in 2024, just in time for filming. They also have a dog named Ira Grrrshwin, who Corenswet describes as a “toddler” more than a dog.
After the birth of his daughter, the Hollywood actor revealed that he inherited some qualities from his father, John, who died in 2019. “My dad was an enthusiastic father … and was very good with kids,” he said. “And so I think I just inherited that. I liked being a camp counselor, and I have terrible jokes that nobody laughs at.”
