Rachel Brosnahan isn’t pleased with actors who slam their own superhero movies

It appears Rachel Brosnahan’s kryptonite is actors who “pooh-pooh” on their own superhero movies.

Speaking with her pal Amanda Seyfried for Interview magazine, Brosnahan, soon to appear as Lois Lane in James Gunn’s upcoming Superman, called on actors to “stand by” their work within the genre regardless of whether they turn out to be total flops.

It came after Seyfried observed that Brosnahan and costar David Corenswet, the Clark Kent/Superman to her Lois Lane, were “both so happy to be involved” in the superhero production, adding, “That’s the thing about these movies: You can feel it when people are doing it with passion and grace and curiosity.”

“I don’t know why people say yes only to then turn around and complain about it,” Brosnahan said. “Look, I don’t want to s— on other actors, but there was a minute where it was cool to not like superhero movies and to look back on projects like this and pooh-pooh them. Do it or don’t do it, and then stand by it.”

Seyfried noted, “I honestly don’t think you should call it a superhero movie ever again, because it isn’t just that, and I think people are going to see that. It’s really important to have this kind superhero, this guy who’s just trying to do his best.”

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Gunn’s retelling of Superman’s journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent soars into theaters July 8. It also stars Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, and Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern. Corenswet echoed somewhat similar sentiments in Entertainment Weekly‘s recent Superman cover story alongside his leading lady and director, sharing an appreciation for taking “the work very seriously” despite judgments surrounding the genre.

“I’ve listened to Christopher Reeve talk about how he felt going from theater and a classical training to wearing tights on screen,” he said. “It’s harder in some ways to play Superman and then to do a great play or a dramatic film, because as an actor, you feel like the seriousness of the work somehow supports you. It allows the whole thing to feel more grounded. There is a unique challenge to playing a guy who wears his underwear on the outside and can fly. I think I had the great fortune of getting a little bit of both. I was definitely on team trunks-on-the-outside for this iteration of Superman, but I certainly felt James took the work very seriously.”