When you take on the role of a Superhero, it comes with awesome responsibilities. 

With the film’s release imminent, we’re about to meet to a new Superman.

The new version, spearheading director James Gunn’s new DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, sees David Corenswet take on the role, playing Superman/Clark Kent opposite Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.

On the day the film releases, there’s a chance to see Corenswet take on another celebrated role. He’s reading the CBeebies Bedtime Story to the nation’s children.

Delightfully on brand, Corenswet reads super story What Does Daddy Do? by Rachel Bright, where Daisy wonders what her daddy does all day while she is at nursery. Dexter’s daddy is a fireman, Rosie’s daddy is a doctor, but Daisy’s just not sure what her daddy does all day. She knows he has ‘mountains of paperwork to climb’, and he always has to ‘fly’ and his boss is a dragon – but can he really be an explorersuperknight?

CBeebies Bedtime Story

There’s a longstanding tradition of big names reading the CBeebies Bedtime Story, from Hollywood icons to sports stars. Previous readers have included Olivia Colman, Tom Hiddleston, Felicity Jones, as well as Idris Elba and the WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.

The channel also claims a number of impressive firsts, such as Rose Ayling-Ellis reading a story in British Sign Language, Rugby champion Rob Burrow reading the first story told using an eye controlled computer, and Lora Fachie with the first ever braille story.  Plus, astronaut Tim Peake reading a story from space!

There’s a library of over 300 archived episodes is available on the  BBC iPlayer CBeebies channel.

The CBeebies Bedtime Story is on weekdays at 6.50pm on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer. David Corenswet’s story airs on Friday 11 July, the same day that Superman arrives in cinemas.