Married actress Rachel Brosnahan, who received an Emmy for her performance on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and is now starring as Lois Lane in James Gunn’s Superman, is making headlines in a viral firestorm after a surprise off-camera moment was captured and sent viral.
Brosnahan is kissed by off-screen lead David Corenswet after the director calls out “cut,” creating rumors whether it was genuine chemistry, a residual character beat, or simple actor familiarity.
The internet did not shy away from weighing in. Some rolled their eyes at being part of the job:
“Gonna be honest, it’s apart of the job lol, actors and actresses have to dive fully into their characters to put on great performances, you can’t expect them to flip a switch instantly lol.”
Some were personal and scathing in their feedback:
We must change those divorce laws in America a man shouldn’t be forced to experience this humiliation on repeat and still be taken to task.”
One post summed up the incredulous clique in strong words:
“If your girl wanna be an actress, that is not your girl.”
Others called the discussion melodramatic:
“Yall are being weird.”
Brosnahan’s Own Words on the Kiss
Brosnahan herself has opted for playful banter when discussing her first scene with Corenswet. During a marketing panel with Gunn, she let the following slip:
“It did help that our first scene together, we made out for like four hours and then shot the rest of it.”
The crowd giggled, but Gunn jumped in to clarify: “On screen, yes!”
This is not your usual superhero film. Gunn’s Superman starring Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, and Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl picks up where Superman is three years into being Earth’s protector. The tone is reported to be more emotionally grounded, striking a balance between the weight of his Kryptonian origins with modern-day geopolitics, all in the big-stakes realm of DC’s reinvigorated movie universe.
Jason Ralph’s Instagram ‘Like’ That Added Fuel to the Fire
The rumor suddenly veered sharply to the left when fans noticed Brosnahan’s near-decade-long husband, actor Jason Ralph, had responded to a snarky Instagram comment. In June, Ralph posted a photo of a squished banana. Comments were still open at the time and one fan left a sassy comment implying Brosnahan’s on-set chemistry with Corenswet was making Ralph look like a “cuckold” and told him to “stand up for yourself.”
Screenshots show Ralph “liking” that post, but his motivation is unclear. Some took it as passive-aggressive agreement, some as sarcasm for the absurdity of the claim.
One Reddit commenter rationalized:
“Yeah I don’t think he’s serious about this lol, I read this as a ‘get a load of this dude’ kind of thing.”
Motivation or not, the moment was shared widely on X (formerly Twitter), with one comment reading:
“Rachel Brosnahan’s boyfriend being a complete weirdo wasn’t on my 2025 prediction but the internet is nothing if not dedicated to plot twists.”
