If you’ve watched the debut Superman trailer, you’ll most likely have fallen in love with Krypto the Superdog. We see a battered and bloody Superman, apparently near loss of life, rescued by Krypto after Superman asks him to take him dwelling. Based on the trailer, then, Krypto is an excellent canine certainly.
But don’t let that idiot you. In an interview Q&A session attended by IGN, author and director James Gunn confirmed Krypto is definitely a “fairly horrible canine” within the film.
“You’ll see within the film that Krypto most likely comes off as a greater canine within the trailer than he’s within the film,” Gunn stated. “Pretty horrible canine! You love him as a result of he is a canine and how will you not? And he is acquired the lovable, harmless eyes, however he is a horrible canine.”
Krypto the Superdog relies on Gunn’s personal canine, Ozu, who he admits is poorly behaved. In an Instagram post from October, Gunn stated he adopted Ozu shortly after he began writing Superman. “Ozu, who got here from a hoarding state of affairs in a yard with 60 different canine and by no means knew human beings, was problematic to say the least,” Gunn stated.
“He instantly got here in and destroyed our dwelling, our footwear, our furnishings — he even ate my laptop computer. It took a very long time earlier than he would even allow us to contact him. I keep in mind pondering, ‘Gosh, how tough would life be if Ozu had superpowers?’ — and thus Krypto got here into the script and altered the form of the story as Ozu was altering my life.”
It seems that, a month later, Ozu appears to be behaving higher. “Actually, I used to be saying to my spouse final evening in mattress, I’m like, we have simply acquired into a brand new home right here. And I’m like, Ozu’s been form of good since we acquired right here. What’s happening with him?” Gunn stated within the Q&A. “He’s getting a bit of bit older… he is not so dangerous. He hasn’t torn up any of our furnishings but. We’ll see!”
Superman hits theatres on July 11, 2025, and is the primary movie within the DCU’s Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. IGN has an explainer on all of the DC Heroes and Villains within the new trailer, ideas on how Superman is about hope, and lots extra.
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