Superman actor Anthony Carrigan explains how Metamorpho is the film's most conflicted villain "There's this struggle to want to be good"

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Metamorpho's origins will be hinted at in Superman

Metamorpho in Superman
(Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)

DC's Metamorpho will make his big screen debut in just a few weeks in James Gunn's Superman reboot movie. But the character, played by Anthony Carrigan, will be just a bit different from the hero fans know from comics, as he's actually technically one of the film's villains, using his elemental powers in service of Lex Luthor. Still, according to Carrigan, the character's heroic heart will remain intact.

"You're in a situation where it's having to hurt someone, having to be an agent of the bad guy. And at the same time, there's this struggle to want to be good," Carrigan explains to Entertainment Weekly, referring to scenes shown in trailers where Metamorpho uses his abilities to generate Kryptonite to weaken Superman. "What the film does brilliantly is it puts you in this situation of, 'Oh! He has no choice.' He has to be doing this, and you see how painful it is."

"It's things that were glued on me, but then they painted on detail, and then more things were glued onto that," Carrigan says. "I'm not kidding when I say that I was glued in, I was sewn in, I was completely enveloped. I was tied in... roped in, basically. But all in service of this incredible costume… It's worth it because you can actually feel the texture of something. Your brain notices the difference."

George Marston
George Marston

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)

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