Michael Rooker, identified for enjoying the position of Yondu in Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy films, has teamed up as soon as once more with James Gunn for the upcoming DC film Superman.
Superman, starring David Corenswet within the title position, will likely be launched in theaters throughout the globe on July 11, 2025. The reveal of Rooker’s position follows the current reveal that actor Alan Tudyk performs the position of Robotic 4 in Superman.
Yondu actor Michael Rooker voices a robotic in James Gunn’s Superman
A sneak peek of James Gunn’s Superman was just lately launched, which unveiled the identification of Michael Rooker’s position within the film.
Rooker, who has labored with Gunn on quite a few movies, has reunited with him to voice one among Superman’s Kryptonian robots. Within the Sneak Peek posted on YouTube, an injured Superman is dragged by his canine Krypto to the Fortress of Solitude. Right here, Superman is greeted by his robots, who carry him to the therapy desk.
Because the automatons communicate, Robotic 4 is voiced by Alan Tudyk. Nonetheless, at 3 minutes and 9 seconds, Robotic 5, who’s voiced by Rooker, is heard saying, “Fourteen fractured bones.”
That is the second time Rooker has labored with Gunn on a DC film. Beforehand, he took on the position of Savant in Gunn’s 2021 film The Suicide Squad.
Whereas chatting with Geek House Show in 2022, Rooker was requested whether or not he felt that there was any distinction between Marvel and DC’s filmmaking course of. He mentioned, “Oh, from my perspective, it’s the identical course of. It doesn’t actually matter which studio you’re working for, they’re the identical.” He added that he needed to put on “heavier make-up” for Yondu in GOTG than for Savant in The Suicide Squad.
In November 2023, rumors swirled that Rooker would possibly play the position of Lois Lane’s father, Sam, in Superman. Nonetheless, Gunn debunked these rumors when requested by a fan on Threads.
Initially reported by Ishita Verma on SuperHeroHype.
