So it kind of goes without saying that David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult will be back after the events of Superman, in theaters July 11. But if you ask them about it, they aren’t so sure.

In fact, the idea of Lex Luthor and the Joker teaming up is the subject of the classic animated movie The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest, which marks the first crossover between Superman: The Animated Series and Batman: The Animated Series all the way back in 1997.

Speaking to Nerdist, Corenswet said that, in spite of resistance to the idea, he thinks Superman could work well in an R-rated project. "One thing that excites me so much about [James Gunn's] vision for the DCU is the different genres and tones that the movies can take on,