Rachel Brosnahan Was Offered Her “Superman ”Role“ ”While in a Public Bathroom: 'I Prayed a Toilet Didn't Flush'
- - - Rachel Brosnahan Was Offered Her “Superman ”Role“ ”While in a Public Bathroom: 'I Prayed a Toilet Didn't Flush'
Sharareh DruryJuly 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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During an interview on Jenna & Friends on the TODAY show, Rachel Brosnahan shared the peculiar location where she accepted her Superman role
Brosnahan plays Lois Lane alongside David Corenswet's Superman in director James Gunn's reboot of Superman
The superhero flick arrives in theaters July 11
When James Gunn called Rachel Brosnahan to reveal she'd been cast as Lois Lane in the director's reboot of Superman, the 34-year-old actress just hoped no one would flush a toilet nearby.
While appearing as a guest for Jenna & Friends on the TODAY show on Wednesday, July 9, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel actress explained this was because she was in a public bathroom at the time — which she joked was "very glamorous."
"I was in SoHo, in a public bathroom. I had my phone in my hand and picked it up. It said, 'Maybe James Gunn,' " Brosnahan told Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Dwyane Wade. "I was like, 'I gotta get this. What do I do?' and just prayed that a toilet didn't flush behind me. And he said, 'How'd you like to be Lois Lane?'
The Emmy-winning actress added that as soon as she accepted the role, a toilet did flush behind her.
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David Corenswet as Superman/Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane in 'Superman'.
When speaking with PEOPLE at the Superman premiere in London on Wednesday, July 2, the actress shared how she had moments on the set of the latest DC Comics film that reminded her of her love for movies.
Brosnahan said she and Edi Gathegi, who plays Mr. Terrific, were shooting a scene with “one of those balls for VFX."
During a brief moment when the mirror, reflecting the pair, turned towards them, "Edi grabbed my arm and gasped and I thought something had gone wrong.” However, her costar turned to her “and was really misty-eyed and said, 'I just saw us in the movie.' ”
“And it's one of those moments where, as long as the days can get and as challenging as things can sometimes be on a set, you're reminded that you're a part of something that makes you feel the magic that you felt as a kid who loved movies and I'm excited to be able to share that,” she said of the experience with Gathegi, 46.
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Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane in 'Superman.'
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The latest Superman film is conceived as a reboot of the DC Universe, launched by Gunn and Peter Safran.
Alongside Corenswet, Brosnahan and Gathegi, Superman stars Nicholas Hoult as the villainous Lex Luthor, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Milly Alcock as Supergirl, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, plus Sara Sampaio, Terence Rosemore, Anthony Carrigan, María Gabriela de Faría and Wendell Pierce.
Superman is in theaters on Friday, July 11.
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