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And no one would suspect that Superman does anything other than be Superman at all times. Even if Clark looked similar to Superman, so do a dozen other people, why would Superman be Clark?

If Superman wore a mask it would be different since that obviously means he's hiding something, but going mask-less allows him to hide in plain sight basically, since no one sees an unmasked person and thinks they're hiding an alter ego.

@roboticJohnson - Except that also doesn't happen since Superman has robot stand ins for him/Clark.

Why would Superman pretend to be Clark Kent?

@roboticJohnson - They could do it. They've done it in cartoons.

But realistically there's even actors who look alike that work in the same field that other actors know are not the same person, even if they look very similar. It is plausible.

@HermanM - they could, but they aren't which means they have to find a way to make sure nobody recognizes clark kent as superman.

Of course there are people that look alike in the world, but clark being a reporter who often writes about superman's adventures would draw more attention than a guy who lives on the other side of the world and has nothing to do with metropolis, the city where superman is more active, or with superman himself. Out of all the look-alikes, he's surely the one who would be considered the most suspicious

@roboticJohnson - so introduce another character who also does.

Again, why would Superman pretend to be Clark?

@roboticJohnson - Clark has also published stories of Superman's exploits in those films which also proves he's around when Superman is and has seen him in action before... he's just not always around when Superman is around with Lois.

Why would Superman do anything other than be Superman at all times, let alone pretend to be Clark?

@HermanM - not really though? simply because I write about someone doesn't mean I was there. Imagine someone going "clark, I suspect you are superman" and him replying "no I'm not because I wrote about superman". In fact, him knowing all about these superman adventures and always being there only raises more suspicions.

"Why would Superman do anything other than be Superman at all times, let alone pretend to be Clark?"

The point isn't why would superman do that and why someone would ask that, the point is that someone noticing that superman and clark are similar and other details would want to investigate, especially if he's a journalist

@roboticJohnson - the fact is the live action versions have had stand ins for Clark & Superman before, just not the movies (yet).

Clark writing about having seen Superman in person and even having pictures of the two together is also proof that they're not the same person, particularly since Clark doesn't have the reputation of being a liar, and Superman has never let on that he does anything aside from be Superman at all times.

The question you're asking is why would someone look similar to Superman...which is silly, as not only are there actors within the same film industry who look alike, but doubles who look alike within the same film as well but are not the same person.

@HermanM - a picture of the 2 together, especially nowadays with photoshop and ai, is kinda useless as proof. There are 8 year olds who could probably send you a picture of superman making out with lincoln and honestly, I doubt that really did happen. And if superman doesn't have access to a stand-in, like in every movie until now, then he has to make clark way different than his superman persona.

And no, I'm not questioning that. If I watch a series with Emma mackey and after that a movie with margot robbie, I can live with the fact that the 2 look alike and differentiate them. But if tomorrow a woman with superpowers who looks a lot like margot robbie were to appear, and somehow the 2 were never seen together, then I'd start to be suspicious. In the same way, if clark kent was a fisherman who lived in Nepal I understand that not many people would think he was superman, but since he is a reporter who lives in metropolis, writes a lot about superman and has never been seen with him, the whole thing would give me some doubts. Also, the pic you used is kinda funny, I mean, two actresses with heavy makeup and mostly covered? You can't see their hair or body and their faces are covered in white, surely there are better pictures you can choose from

@roboticJohnson - You'd think Margot Robbie had superpowers if a heroine showed up with powers that looked like her? Wouldn't it just be more plausible that they kind of looked alike rather than a celebrity moonlights as a superhero?

How many billionaires are there and yet not one has become Batman or Iron Man?

Why would Superman pretend to be someone other than Superman?

And why would Clark Kent be bulletproof? In his CK life, what has he ever done to prove he has powers?

@HermanM - the margot robbie heroine was an example, but honestly, if a superhero somehow appeared today, wouldn't you think he had a secret identity?

I'm going to ignore the part about billionaires because it has nothing to do with what we are talking about.

You ask why superman would be someone other than superman: because he wants to have a moment when he can be calmly around people, maybe make friends, stuff like that? I mean, superman appeared one day in the dc universe and started saving people, but he had to have been someone prior to that. Did he live among humans unnoticed? What if he still does that? These are the kind of questions that a journalist in the dc universe would have

I'm not saying that clark did something to prove he has powers. Put yourself in the shoes of someone working at the daily planet: you see clark kent everyday, a nice but maybe clumsy man, who disappears at strange times, looks a lot like superman, writes a lot about his adventures, has never been seen with him and stuff like that. Would you really just say it must be a coincidence? When almost everyone at the daily planet has met superman at least once?

@roboticJohnson - If the superhero wore a mask, I would definitely think they had a secret identity.

If they didn't, unless they said something to indicate a private life, I'd just think they were that superhero all of the time, like the Fantastic Four or Iron Man in the MCU or Thor in the Ultimate Avengers comics.

Looking a little like Superman isn't enough to arouse suspicion, even if you work at the Daily Planet. And again, Superman has also been seen with Clark in the stories, and Clark has written of his encounters with Superman...why would he lie?

I hope Gunn gives us a compassionate and hopeful Superman. That's the essence of the character.