David Corenswet is Superman by name, Superman by nature, as a video has emerged of him defending Supergirl star Milly Alcock from a ‘handsy’ paparazzi. The incident unfolded during the world premiere of Supergirl in New York on Monday, June 22nd, ahead of the DC film’s release on Friday. Milly, David, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult are seen standing in a circle on the red carpet talking when a photographer emerges from the crowd and puts his hand on Milly’s back, seemingly asking her a question. David clocks this and puts his hand out, before breaking away and having stern words with the paparazzi. 🔥🚨LATEST: David Corenswet jumped in to protect Hollywood actress Milly Alcock after a photographer puts their hands on the carpet at the ‘SUPERGIRL’ premiere. pic.twitter.com/bhQAqxAkhM — Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) June 23, 2026 The Superman actor has received plenty of praise for his swift action, while the man in the video is facing criticism. One wrote on X, “Do not touch actors, it’s that simple. David Corenswet stepped up,” while another said, “These photographers are sick mf.” “David said NOT TODAY,” added a third. “Real Superman energy protecting Milly. Legend behaviour.” A fourth chimed in, “Man’s really living up to the role both on and off-screen.” Another said, “Reporter tries to make his move on Milly Alcock and gets white knighted into another dimension.” The video arrives amid wider conversations about how Milly Alcock has been treated since being cast as Supergirl. While many fans have embraced her take on Kara Zor-El, the actor has also found herself at the centre of online criticism and culture war discourse that has become increasingly common with female-led superhero projects. Similar reactions have followed stars including Brie Larson and Iman Vellani. In this case, there has been widespread claims that Supergirl will flop and discussions on Milly’s appearance. Now, critics and commentators are chiming in to say that misogyny is not welcome here. Now that the movie is coming out I’m just gonna say it James Gunn and the rest of the people in the dcu didn’t do enough to protect milly. Some of the questions she was asked on this press tour were just insane and obviously only there for ragebait headlines and it’s (1/2) https://t.co/gRwpHOpek8 — Roberto De Zerbi (@De_Zerbi_1978) June 22, 2026 One X user wrote, “I knew Supergirl wasn’t gonna be phenomenal or anything, it’s probably just decent blockbuster or whatever. The problem is that the f**king misogyny is tiring, is this gonna happen every single female led comic book movie?” Another said, “Just to be abundantly clear if I don’t like Supergirl tonight, know it’s from a critical lens not an incel, misogynist lens. None of that nonsense is welcome here.” It’s something Milly herself has spoken about, telling Variety last month, “It definitely made me aware that simply existing as a woman in that space is something that people comment on. “We have become very comfortable having this weird ownership of women’s bodies. I can’t really stop them. I can only be myself. “And it’s from a lot of people whose profiles have no photo, who are burner accounts. Or someone’s name and then ‘Dad of four, Christian,’ which is hilarious to me. “But I mean, whose opinion do you really care about? If you’re pissing the right kind of people off, you’re doing OK.” For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes, like our Facebook page. Featured images credit: Warner Bros./X Post navigation Next storyPrevious story
