Long before he brought Superman back to life with his new blockbuster, James Gunn thought of himself as a hero. Back in 2010, the filmmaker — not then as powerful as he is now — directed low-budget dark comedy Super. It starred Rainn Wilson from the US version of The Office as Frank, a loner convinced God wants him to be a superhero. Laughs came from Frank’s homemade costume but they grew uneasy in a film with an oddly violent flavour. “Frank is me, in many ways,” Gunn said then. It didn’t make the comedy any more comfortable.
早在凭借新片让超人重返银幕之前，詹姆斯•古恩(James Gunn)就已经把自己视为英雄。2010年，这位当时还没有如今这么有影响力的电影人执导了一部低成本黑色喜剧电影《Super》。影片由美版《办公室》的雷恩•威尔森(Rainn Wilson)主演，他饰演的弗兰克是个孤独者，坚信上帝希望他成为超级英雄。弗兰克自制的服装带来了不少笑料，但在这部风格怪异、带有暴力色彩的影片中，观众的笑声逐渐变得不安。“弗兰克在很多方面就是我自己，”古恩当时说。这并没有让这部喜剧变得更让人舒服。