United Kingdom, June 21 -- David Corenswet found screen-testing for Superman to be an "intense" experience.

The 31-year-old actor learned that his wife, Julia, was pregnant shortly before he screen-tested for the role, and David now admits that it was a particularly intense period of time for him.

The actor - 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 c...