DCU’s Brainiac Star Compares Superman to Hamlet, Says Role Was ‘Almost Fated’

One of the stars of next year’s Man of Tomorrow has compared Superman to Hamlet. The upcoming DCU actor also shared that playing Brainiac feels fated despite never being a goal.

Here’s what he said.

Lars Eidinger discusses Man of Tomorrow casting

Lars Eidinger, the 50-year-old German actor set to play Brainiac in James Gunn’s Man of Tomorrow, has described Superman’s image as carrying weight equal to theatre’s most enduring symbol aka Hamlet’s skull.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, he recalled observing filming during rehearsals. “I saw an actor in the Superman costume, suspended on wires in front of a bluescreen,” Eidinger said. “I looked at that image and thought: This is the essence of fiction. It’s as significant an image as Hamlet holding the skull: Superman, in that Superman pose, hanging from wires in front of a bluescreen.”

On joining the franchise, Eidinger expressed no prior obsession with the role. “Being in the Superman universe wasn’t a dream or burning desire for me. But now that it’s happening, I can see a certain inevitability in it, something almost fated.”

Eidinger, known for Everyone Else, Dying, and Netflix’s All The Light We Cannot See, also addressed questions about his attraction to unlikable characters. “I believe the figure of the classic hero is actually a far less realistic figure — it’s a pure fiction,” he said. “You feel you can’t identify, you look up to this figure.”

The actor cited a quote from Charles Manson to explain his approach. “Look down at me and you see a fool, look up at me and you see a god, look straight at me and you see yourself.” Acknowledging the discomfort of referencing a serial killer, Eidinger maintained the thought holds artistic value. “You recognize yourself in the figure. And that’s the highest ambition of art: to confront people with themselves.”

Lars Eidinger further rejected any divide between arthouse cinema and superhero films. He broke down the word “super,” noting it means “over” or “above,” linking Superman to the Übermensch and the Super Ego. “There’s already a deep psychological dimension built in.”

Man of Tomorrow is releasing on July 9, 2027.

Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on SuperHeroHype.

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