Superman star David Corenswet appreciates the "words of encouragement" he's received from Tyler Hoechlin and Henry Cavill

David told People: "I was lucky enough to exchange letters with Tyler Hoechlin and Henry Cavill, two fellows who have played Superman before me."

Despite this, David was determined to "do [his] own thing" after being cast as Superman.

He explained: "They both, in their way, sort of refrained from giving advice.

"There's not much advice that we can give, you know? You sort of have to do your own thing.

"But it was really wonderful to get words of encouragement from them and then to be able to write to them and talk about how appreciative I was of the way that they had stewarded the character in their time."

David previously admitted that he found screen-testing for Superman to be an "intense" experience.

The actor learned that his wife, Julia, was pregnant shortly before he screen-tested for the role, and David confessed that it was a particularly intense period of time for him.

David - who landed the role of Superman in 2023 - told People: "She told me that she was pregnant two days after I found out I was going to screen test for Superman.

"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. And that was intense.

"For a period we had just each other for these two huge things. It was very close. It wasn't direct, but it was still very close. But it was just having to do two big unknown things at the same time. And they were both great things."

David also felt the weight of pressure and expectation after he landed the role.

The Hollywood star said: "I feel much more a sense of responsibility than a sense of accomplishment having done the role. I also know that so much in life and especially the life of an actor is up to chance and good luck, and certainly you get what you make of your situation."