James Gunn’s Superman flies into theaters worldwide this Friday, and fans are already lining up for what will surely be one of the most important films of the year. Everyone’s either excited or skeptical about the new cast, with social media being flooded with never-ending discourse. However, one member of the cast no one is complaining about is María Gabriela de Faría, the actor portraying Angela Spica, a.k.a. The Engineer. While every role requires some kind of preparation, de Faría has revealed the strenuous physical routine she used to prepare for the DCU movie. It was an intense process that helped her better embody the role.
The young actor previously seen in the horror film The Exorcism of God has landed her first major role for a big studio in Superman. De Faría talked to Comic Book about the film, in which she plays The Engineer, a scientist whose body is under the control of nanotechnology, giving her immense power. The actor passionately talked about her preparation for the film, and how physically demanding training helped her understand the Engineer’s struggle and motives:
“I started training for this eight months before principal photography began. And going through that hardship really helped me prepare mentally. I would be at the gym three hours every day, and I would send James videos, like ‘I feel this is how she walks.’ It must feel heavy in her body.
“The more she interacts with machines, the more she becomes a machine herself. And I feel that humanity gets a little bit lost every time she does that. Inside of her, I feel there are like two wolves, the machine and the human, who really, really tries to still be there. But the human feels, the human has a conscience, the human has a heart. So when she has to work for Lex and get to those goals that she believes are the right thing for humanity, the human cannot be around. It has to be the machine. So, it was a lot about that strength and how that feels in the body.
“When she connects to the machine, is it tickling? Am I feeling punctures? What is this? With James, we really came to that together, and it was a great creative process to play kind of a machine like that.”
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The Authority, which the Engineer is a part of, was set to have its own feature film inside the newly formed DCU under the supervision of Gunn and Peter Safran. Nevertheless, all the attention went towards the debut of the new Man of Steel. Currently, a film about The Authority isn’t a top priority for the DCU heads.
However, when asked about a possible return in the future of the DCU, de Faría teases the reprisal of the character via something else: “He [James Gunn] gives me breadcrumbs. Because I do ask, and he keeps texting me, like, winky emojis. And he’s like, ‘No, I have a great idea.’ And I’m like, ‘Ok, as long as I get to be in Peacemaker Season 3. Just a tiny scene.'” It’s a joke, of course, but wouldn’t that be a fun surprise?
Source: Comic Book
Release Date
July 11, 2025
Runtime
130 Minutes
Director
James Gunn
Producers
Lars P. Winther, Peter Safran
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