Hoult took the dig in stride, commenting a series of twin emojis on Corenswet’s post. He also shared the photos on his Instagram Story — to the tune of Rosemary Clooney’s “Sisters” — and added several laughing emojis and a skull.

It’s been almost 50 years since Christopher Reeve starred in “Superman,” the 1978 movie that opened what is now an endless spigot of superhero movies. It didn’t invent the tropes of messiah-like figures with supernatural powers or the building of elaborate on-screen worlds only to reduce them to apocalyptic rubble,