David Corenswet is the DC Universe’s newest leading man, stepping into the shoes of Clark Kent in 2025’s Superman.
After landing the opportunity of a lifetime, Corenswet revealed how much his life has changed since his involvement in the James Gunn-directed superhero film. The actor found out he was in the running to play Superman just before his wife, Julia Best Warner, told him she was pregnant.
“She told me that she was pregnant two days after I found out I was going to screen test for Superman,” he told People in June 2025. “For the first several months of her pregnancy, as is sort of protocol, we weren’t telling anybody. We had these two quite huge secrets that we just had between the two of us. And that was intense.”
Best Warner has remained supportive of her husband amid his breakout role as the beloved superhero, while simultaneously managing to stay somewhat out of the spotlight.
Us Weekly goes inside Corenswet’s very private marriage with Best Warner and their sweet family.
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Who Is David Corenswet’s Wife Julia Best Warner?
Best Warner is an actress, producer and director. Her credits include appearances in the series Ratched, The Baby Sitters Pub, Deadly Devotion and more.
When Did David Corenswet Get Married?
Acting is what brought Corenswet and Best Warner together. The pair met as teenagers while attending a summer theater program. They walked down the aisle in 2023.
While they’ve kept their relationship out of the public eye for years, Best Warner shared a photo with Corenswet via Instagram in August 2022.
“Summer! Weddings, family, friends, filming, dogs and only one car accident 💕🐾✈️🍾 grateful girl,” she captioned the post, which included a snapshot of her and her husband standing in front of the ocean with their arms wrapped around each other.
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Julia Best Warner Had a Sweet Reaction to David Corenswet’s ‘Superman’ Casting
Best Warner’s pregnancy coincided with Corenswet’s Superman casting, an experience that brought them even closer together.
“For a period we had just each other for these two huge things,” he told People.
Corenswet said that his wife’s due date was “very close” to the date that he was supposed to start filming Superman.
“It wasn’t direct, but it was still very close,” he revealed. “But it was just having to do two big unknown things at the same time. And they were both great things.”
Corenswet also had to bulk up for the Superman role during his wife’s pregnancy.
“She gained about 40 pounds while she was pregnant and in the same period I gained about 40 pounds gaining weight for Superman,” he reflected. “I started snoring and had to use her pregnancy pillow.”
The pair have not publicly revealed the name of their child. They also share a Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Ira.
Conrenswet gushed about fatherhood and how much he looked up to his parents when he was younger.
“I feel like I’ve been a dad for a long time, and just waiting for a kid to prove it,” he said. “My dad was an enthusiastic father and stayed home with my sister for a period when she was very little, and was very good with kids. And so I think I just inherited that. I liked being a camp counselor, and I have terrible jokes that nobody laughs at.”
