“[Bassem] and I talked and we’re good,” the filmmaker clarified.
The article also said that while Youssef had been in talks, he was never actually offered the role.
“This is accurate,“Gunn wrotealongside a link to the article.
James Gunn and Bassem Youssef.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images; Roy Rochlin/Getty Images
In a subsequent post, Gunn said he and Youssef were now on the same page.
“There isn’t one word against another,“he wrote.
“[Bassem] and I talked and we’re good.
“I was a little bit bitter about losing the role, and I was kind of very sad…
Speaking to Morgan, Youssef had called out hypocrisy in Western media.
“How f—ing cute!
Superman: Legacyis set to kick off the new DCU on July 11, 2025.
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