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Man of Steel’s Cooper Timberline Talks Being the Youngest “Superboy”

While Dylan Sprayberry is getting most of the big, emotional moments as Clark Kent in the Man of […]
Cooper Timberline, who played 9-year-old Clark.

While Dylan Sprayberry is getting most of the big, emotional moments as Clark Kent in the Man of Steel trailers and Henry Cavill is getting the action-star beats, there’s a third version of the character we’ve seen in ads, as well–nine-year-old Clark, played by Cooper Timberline, who showed up to last night’s Man of Steel World Premiere with a Superman hat and tie on, and just oozed enthusiasm for the film.Timberline joined ComicBook.com and Inside Edition (no relation; we just happened to be standing together) for a couple of quick questions on the red carpet.Check back later today for some words with Sprayberry and Cavill about their experiences playing the Last Son of Krypton.Did you get to have some fun researching for this part?I grew up reading comics and, you know, watching animated series about comics and I’ve always loved to rally behind comics–they’re so great.I did research a little bit on what Zack Snyder was trying to do which is, I think, he’s trying to get the signal across that Superman is going through a lot whiel this is happening.I’ve watched the other movies and they demonstrate his powers and everything but I think this is going to be the movie that demonstrates what he’s going through.What was it like working with this cast?Oh, my gosh…even the more modest ones–I mean I became good friends with Dylan Sprayberry, the other Clark Kent. Other than that, there’s just so many people that you can see on TV and then beyond that they’re just really good people. They’re fun to hang out with, which is really cool. Especially Zack Snyder–me and him really got along, and I think that was really cool.

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