James Gunn’s Wife Jennifer Holland Won’t Be Appearing in Superman Legacy After Nepotism Backlash
James Gunn, a renowned filmmaker and the man behind the development of major DC as well as Marvel movies is currently developing scripts for a new DC project, Superman: Legacy which will make its way to release in 2025.
As the movie is going through its pre-production, the Guardians of the Galaxy director made a viral post on Twitter sharing the potential to introduce the DC character, Emilia Harcourt for the upcoming Superman movie.
For the readers who aren’t aware! James Gunn’s wife, Jennifer Holland is portraying the DC character, Emilia Harcourt. The character was first introduced with the release of The Suicide Squad movie. After making the tweet, the writer/director faced a lot of backlash from the fans alleging him for supporting nepotism.
Contemplating Jennifer Holland’s Role in Superman: Legacy
After James Gunn shared his plans to bring Holland to the upcoming Superman: Legacy movie, many fans shared their views about his decision. After his tweet went viral, many fans responded to the tweet claiming that the famous director/writer is in support of Nepotism, especially by looking at how he has been highly pitching his wife’s appearance in future coming DC movies.
The only DC movie I’ve ever cast my wife in was #TheSuicideSquad. I had nothing to do with the casting of any other movie – anything else was shot a year or so ago while I was deep in Vol 3. But I know some of you are deeply in need of reasons to hate. https://t.co/HSGO4DzYer
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 17, 2023
The concept of Nepotism is not new in the industry, especially in the Hollywood universe where we usually see how influential and powerful stars, directors, and even producers take advantage of their positions to bring their favorite people to the movies.
Similarly, fans speculate that Gunn has been giving preference to his wife for all the upcoming DC movies. However, in response to all backlashes about nepotism the 56-year-old celebrity had to take back his decision to cast his wife for the upcoming Superman: Legacy movie.
Jennifer Holland’s Existing Role and Future in the DC Universe
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For the readers who aren’t aware! The Black Adam star is already expected to make her appearance for the upcoming four DC movies. She has already appeared and made a popular name by portraying the role of the DC character, Emilia Harcourt who appears to work for a government agency, the NSA
Well, for the upcoming movies, we can expect Gunn to make changes in such a way that Emilia Harcourt could make a smoother transition to appear for upcoming DC movies. Her future in the DC world will be highly dependent on the scripting of the upcoming DC movies which can bring her character.
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All We Know About Superman: Legacy
For the people who aren’t aware! Superman: Legacy movie is among the upcoming DC movie which is also among the highly anticipated movies by fans. As of now, the movie is going through its production stages and it’s expected to make its way to theatres by July 2025 if there are no such production delays.
David Corenswet gets the spotlight for the movie as he will be cast as the new Superman after taking the role from the legendary, Henry Cavill. Alongside David, we will also see Rachel Brosnahan join him in the supporting leading role as Lois Lane, the love interest and colleague of Superman.
Then we have Guy Gardner whose role will be portrayed by Nathan Fillion and we have Hawkgirl whose role will be played by Isabela Merced. The last two appearing casts are Edi Gathegi and Anthony Carrigan who will be portraying the roles of Mr. Terrific and Metamorpho respectively. As we said the DC movie is currently going through its scripting stages and we can expect the famous director/writer to come up with more hints about the movie shortly.
Source: The Direct
