Rachel Brosnahan Is ‘Stalking’ Journalists To Become Superman: Legacy’s Lois Lane

Back in June 2023 it was announced that David Corenswet had been cast as the lead in “Superman: Legacy,” while “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actress Rachel Brosnahan would be portraying Lois Lane. Since then, we’ve learned Nicholas Hoult will be playing Lex Luthor and that James Gunn will, mercifully, be sparing us yet another superhero origin story with “Legacy,” instead choosing to focus on a young Clark Kent as he navigates Metropolis. No doubt Lois Lane will figure into that experience pretty heavily, though specific plot details are yet to be unveiled beyond the fact that Kal-El will struggle to reconcile his Kryptonian origins with his Kansas upbringing.

Still, however Lois fits into that story, it will no doubt involve a lot of the journalism for which the character is known. Clark Kent’s fellow Daily Planet reporter and longtime love interest was famously portrayed by Margot Kidder in Richard Donner’s 1978 effort “Superman” and its three sequels, and has since been played on the big screen by Kate Bosworth and Amy Adams. Now, however, it’s Brosnahan’s turn, and it seems she’s taking the job seriously.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly on the red carpet at the delayed 2023 Emmy Awards in January 2024, Brosnahan revealed that she’s in full prep mode, saying, “I’m stalking my journalist friends right now. I’m just trying to understand a little bit more deeply kind of how that mindset works.” Brosnahan also spoke about being inspired by Margot Kidder’s performance in the Christoper Reeve-led Superman films, adding, “There’s not a lot of women in these universes anyway. It was nice to see somebody onscreen who felt as ambitious as I felt as a younger woman.”