Barry’s Anthony Carrigan Is Latest TV Vet to Join Superman: Legacy — Who’s He Playing?
It’s shaping up to be a very memorable day for Anthony Carrigan.
Just hours after the Barry vet snagged an Emmy nomination for his turn as NoHo Hank — his third appearance in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy category for his work on the HBO series — Carrigan has now been cast in James Gunn’s DC Comics film Superman: Legacy.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Carrigan will appear in the movie as the superhero Metamorpho, aka the archaeologist Rex Mason who develops the ability to transform his body into different chemical compounds.
Written and directed by Gunn, Superman: Legacy has already added several other TV veterans, including David Corenswet (The Politician) as Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as Lois Lane, Edi Gathegi (For All Mankind) as Mister Terrific, Isabela Merced (100 Things to Do Before High School) as Hawkgirl and Nathan Fillion (Castle) as Guy Gardner aka Green Lantern. (But will Fillion’s involvement delay The Rookie‘s return?)
Superman: Legacy will serve as the first film in DC’s new movie and TV universe under Gunn and Peter Safran’s leadership; the duo was named co-chairmen and co-CEOs of DC Studios back in October. Filming on the movie is expected to begin in January 2024, with a release date of July 11, 2025.
Your thoughts on Carrigan as Metamorpho? Drop ’em below!
Superman and the Outsiders?
Not me thinking he would be Lex Luthor
Me too 😭💀
He would make a great Lex Luther, but I wonder if they’re going to stick with Jesse Eisenberg. I thought he made a great Lex
Honestly, I really don’t want Lex in this movie in any major role *at all*. There’s so many other options for a Superman villain, and I think Gunn already realizes this.
WAY too many heroes being introduced in this Legacy movie.
Marvel did it better giving them their own single movie to develop the characters before having them all join together.
Maybe some people are excited by these characters being added. But it is starting to look too busy. IMO
It helps that it isn’t another origin story – this will be jumping into a world where Superman is already established as Earth’s foremost hero, which will involve establishing that there are other heroes around him.
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Also interesting to note that all the heroes confirmed so far are aliens and outcasts, which I gather will be a big part of Gunn’s fresh take on Superman: the ultimate outsider, thrust into the spotlight.
I remember when Anthony Carrigan was on The Flash in season 1 as The Mist and re-occured on Gotham as Victor Zsasz.He’s getting to play a DC hero this time.
Is it that hard to make a stand alone superman movie without it being a bloody “justice whatever !
I hope he knows he’s locked into a Multi-Project Contract. James Gunn did state when he launched the DC Universe that once a character had been cast in the Universe, they would be playing that character in anything said character would be appearing in subsequently: Movies, Animated Projects, Live-Action TV Shows, and Video Games. So from now on in the DC Universe, Anthony Carrigan IS Metamorpho in any of those projects.