Anthony Carrigan reveals what he endured to be Metamorpho in 'Superman'

Anthony Carrigan just revealed that becoming Metamorpho in the upcoming Superman movie was not an easy task.

For the unversed, the 42-year-old American actor is playing Metamorpho, a metahuman who can change his body into any element. He did not have powers from birth and did not choose to get them earlier.

While having a conversation with Entertainment Weekly, Carrigan talked about his transformation by saying, "It's things that were glued on me, but then they painted on detail, and then more things were glued onto that.”

"I'm not kidding when I say that I was glued in, I was sewn in, I was completely enveloped. I was tied in...roped in, basically. But all in service of this incredible costume,” he emphasized, as he used to spend about five to six hours in the makeup chair for the transformation.

Carrigan admitted, "It's worth it. It’s worth it because you can actually feel the texture of something. Your brain notices the difference."

The Superman actor, who is battling with alopecia areata, went on to add, "I think the reason why [writer/director and DC Studios co-head James Gunn] called me in specifically was because I really understood on a human level this idea of feeling different, feeling like something that has happened to you feels like a curse.”

“That was this unspoken thing that James and I understood. Then, once I really started to ask him questions about it, there was this sense that he really wanted someone who was quite tortured with what was going on. The really human quality of struggling with that, I think, comes through,” he noted.

Carrigan further explained, "You're in a situation where it's having to hurt someone, having to be an agent of the bad guy. And at the same time, there's this struggle to want to be good. What the film does brilliantly is it puts you in this situation of, 'Oh! He has no choice.' He has to be doing this, and you see how painful it is."

Notably, Metamorpho is one of the many superpowered people in Superman, which stars David Cornswet as Clark Kent, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and Racel Brosnahan as Lois Lane.

It is pertinent to mention that the new Superman movie will hit theatres on July 11, 2025.