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Kevin Costner Reveals Thoughts On Jonathan Kent’s Man Of Steel Death

Kevin Costner discusses his role as Jonathan Kent in “Man of Steel,” sharing insights on his character’s death scene & his experience in a superhero movie

Kevin Costner hit the junket circuit this past week to promote his self-financed western epic Horizon and revealed his thoughts on Jonathan’s Kent’s death in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. For a refresh, in one of the movie’s pivotal moments, a teenaged Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) lets his adoptive Earth father Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) die in a tornado to keep Clark’s unrevealed superpowers a family secret, acting on Jonathan’s wishes. Raised on a hearty dose of Marvel and DC comics, Rick combines his love for superheroes with a knack for writing about Hollywood's brightest.

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