David Corenswet, Christopher Reeve and more.

Superman's costume is as iconic as the character, even in all its red, blue and (sometimes) yellow fame. The latest version of David Corenswet is a visual step back to a more traditional representation of the suit after Henry Cavill and Tyler Hoechlin's versions of Tyler Hoechlin have covered their most discussed aspect. Of course I speak of the red trunks – or the underpants, as they are often called.

For underwear or not under underwear or underwear, practically every Superman production was a focus. In the last big “Superman” adaptation, filmmaker Zach Snyder removed the tribes that he said he couldn't make it “cool”.

“I fought to keep them, but we don't forget that the red tribes of strong men from the Victorian period remain that had to wear meat -colored jerseys and tribes so that they didn't look naked. Films in 2013. 2011, shortly after the first photo of Cavill was unveiled, said the actor to Jay Leno: “Why wear underpants if they can be far more revealing?”

When asked about the tribes (or the defect) a decade later by Stephen Colbert, Cavill stated that he would attract them if necessary. “I really loved my suit, I thought it was pretty cool,” said Cavill (about the wrap). “However, if it happened again, I would definitely be open to the idea of adding the tribes in any way in shape or shape.”

Well, the semantics of how exactly supes looks with or without the red tribes come from the 50s with George Reeves. This actor supposedly said: “I'm getting a little too old to walk around in my underwear” towards the end of production on “The Adventures of Superman”.

In a documentary about the 1978 DVD publication from Superhero Flick Granddaddy “Superman: The Movie”, the Lois Lane of the film, Margot Kidder, spoke about the various pieces used for Christopher Reeves suit. “[Producer] Alexander Salkind spoke out very early when we should start shooting about Superman: “Either he has a big one or he has nothing.” So they put the poor Christopher in this different selection of sizes of codpiece under the red underpants, and Christopher would come out on a few days and he would hear [Kidder gestures]. That would make me go things thing things ” [Kidder mimes flicking the codpiece]Because they are all made of metal. He would go, Kidder! Stop it! '”

When Brandon Routh's first photo was introduced in 2005 (for “Superman Returns” from 2006), it triggered the press and fan controversy about the size of Superman, um, out of bay. No, really, numerous articles were written about it, including this from WIRED entitled “Battle of the Bulge”. The writer Regina Lynn wrote: “If the actual purpose is to distract the audience, he is back. You have only ensured that everyone who goes into this film will look at the red underwear intensively – which I suspect is the real intention behind the whole thing.”

The New York magazine quoted the film's costume designer, Louise Mingenbach, with the words: “There was more discussion about Superman's 'package' than everything else on the suit. Wasn't it big enough? Was it too pointed? Too round?

The red underwear was even a big issue when Nicolas Cage played Fast Superman in the abandoned Tim Burton-staged “Superman Lives” in the abandoned Tim Burton staged. According to the excellent documentary “The Death of Superman Lives” (available on YouTube), the cage said during a costume adaptation. Wasn't blatant. “Basketball shorts, whether they believe it or not, were even discussed as an alternative to this misused production.

“We have tried all different options to avoid that people in the documentation tend to make fun of this element about Superman,” said Colleen Atwood, the potential costume designer of this film.

Well, now that Corenswet has taken over, the red tribes are back, and there was apparently something that the actor himself insisted on how the writer/director James Gunn Gizmodo explained in December 2024.

“We tried out all of these different versions and tested with tribes and without trunks,” he said. “And one of the things that David said is that Superman wants children not to be afraid of him. He is an extraterrestrial. He has these incredible powers. He shoots rays out of his eyes … He is so powerful, could be considered scary, individual and he wants people to like him. Posterity.

Corenswet seems to have made the right call, since “Superman” started this weekend with an impressive domestic amount of $ 122 million.

“Three years ago, I commissioned James Gunn and Peter Safran to recreate and combine the creative direction of DC under a management team by embedding new life and excitement in one of the most famous franchise franchise companies in the world of the world,” said David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros., on Sunday, July 13th. “James and [DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran’s] Obligation to honor the legacy of the DC universe and at the same time forge something new and fun is inspired. “