A Good Reporter Makes Stories Great: Rachel Brosnahan IS Lois Lane

[samsnee]

I’ve only seen her in Maisel but from that she definitely gave off Margot Kidder vibes. I only hope she makes it her own thing instead of trying to channel Kidder

 

[DorkyFresh]

Power.

THIS has me sooo excited! She was one of the standouts in House of Cards and I remember thinking "she's gonna go places". I'm over-the-moon with her as Lois, especially after hearing the chatter that her auditions were amazing! Lois's sassy and adventurous spirit has been missing from the big screen since Margot Kidder so I'm stoked to see that Rachel will be bringing it back!

 

[Kane52630]

Rachel Brosnahan for Lois

Called it back in January.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Called it back in January.

August 4 2019.

I have earlier ones too, but dont want to quote all of em.

The Good Citizens of Metropolis: The Casting Thread

 

[Iceman]

Power.

Very nice, and I’m gonna need to see that tape. She is going to kill it as Lois. After getting S&L, this could be an amazing follow up of the S&L partnership on the big screen that lives up to that.

 

[jetage]

Let us hope RB can bring us back to a smart, tough, funny, interesting Lois that has been so lacking over the last few decades on tv and screen.

Amy Adams is a remarkable actress with many many Oscar nominations who was cast against a horrible Cavill and a idiotic director in Sneider. Terry Hatcher's Lois was fun, but somewhat too neurotic. Erica Durance is a failed actress, who thought she was doing a Lucille Ball impersonation, and it never helped that the character was a shallow brain damaged moron, and Durance's penchant for far too much plastic surgery made her look frightening.

So Rachel, give us what you got, and make Lois Lane fans proud. It is so past time for it.

 

[DKDetective]

Power.

Not even remotely surprised, she is the biggest name of all of the contenders for a reason. I feel like them having Mackey test with the guys on Sunday was Gunn and co giving her a last chance to change their minds. Basically make sure they weren't missing something.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Kane52630]

August 4 2019.

I have earlier ones too, but dont want to quote all of em.

The Good Citizens of Metropolis: The Casting Thread

 

[Herolee10]

Curious to see how they'll portray Lois and Clark/Superman's relationship in this film. I doubt they'll go back to the original status quo from the original films.

 

[flickchick85]

She was one of my 2 picks (Emmy Rossum being the other) back in October 2019 at least...

Never posted a full fancast here because I never had a fave for Supes, and without him what's the point? But now that I do...

Spoiler: Under a cut because it's a lot of pics

Man of Tomorrow
Directed by J.J. Abrams

Clark Kent/Superman: David Corenswet

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Lois Lane: Emmy Rossum

Yes, I've grown quite attached to having a Lois that's a few years older than Clark. But if we must have one that's closer to his age, then my alternative would be: Rachel Brosnahan

Jor-El: Matt Bomer

Lara Lor-Van: Hayley Atwell

Jonathan Kent: Anson Mount

Martha Kent: Naomi Watts

Perry White: Kurt Russell

Cat Grant: Tika Sumpter

Steve Lombard: Rob Kazinsky

Ron Troupe: Courtney B. Vance

Jimmy Olsen: Levi Miller

Lex Luthor: Tom Cruise (that's right, I haven't given up on this!)

Brainiac: Benicio Del Toro (my top choice was Mahershala Ali, but he just jumped on the Marvel ship, while Benecio just jumped off...and he's got the cold, detached weirdness in spades)

Morgan Edge: Henry Golding

Granny Goodness: Kathy Bates

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Sawyer]

Lois and Lex IMHO.

 

[Silvermoth]

You don’t miss with the Brosnahan, she’s going to be amazing

 

[PepS]

It’s been in the back of my mind and I couldn’t quite put my finger on who it was until now, Rachel (looks-wise) reminds me a bit of a young Fiona Shaw.

 

[Kane52630]

For years she's been confused with Evan Rachel Wood.

https://www.thewrap.com/evan-rachel-wood-rachel-brosnahan-prove-not-same-person-photos/

 

[Gothamsknight]

She just screams Lois Lane to me. We got really really lucky with casting here.

 

[Babillygunn]

Curious to see how they'll portray Lois and Clark/Superman's relationship in this film. I doubt they'll go back to the original status quo from the original films.

Personally, I hope that she is portrayed as being attracted to Clark first rather than Superman. That has been one of the aspects that Superman and Lois has introduced that has been a vast improvement for Lois. It makes Lois less superficial and shallow and more strong and independent if she is not reduced to being a giddy schoolgirl around Superman and yet dismissive of mild mannered Clark.

 

[flickchick85]

Personally, I hope that she is portrayed as being attracted to Clark first rather than Superman. That has been one of the aspects that Superman and Lois has introduced that has been a vast improvement for Lois. It makes Lois less superficial and shallow and more strong and independent if she is not reduced to being a giddy schoolgirl around Superman and yet dismissive of mild mannered Clark.

Same. Superman & Lois did it perfectly imo!

 

[Lily Adler]

Same. Superman & Lois did it perfectly imo!

She's hot for Supes, but smitten with Clark.

 

[Alien Anal]

She's hot for Supes, but smitten with Clark.

Supes is the jock that is saying and doing all the right things but because of his power she should be weary of him as much as she is charmed by him, where as Clark is the sweet lovable dork that she rarely sees in men and poses no threat.

 

[DorkyFresh]

I'd like to see Lois initially put off by Clark in the beginning but learn to admire him, and maybe even become attracted to him, as they work more and more together. She can swoon over Superman from the get go. I mean, who wouldn't??

 

[flickchick85]

I'd like to see Lois initially put off by Clark in the beginning but learn to admire him, and maybe even become attracted to him, as they work more and more together. She can swoon over Superman from the get go. I mean, who wouldn't??

That’s the Lois & Clark way and that worked beautifully as well. My main thing is I need her to actually see Clark, and not actually fall in love with the guy who she meets every few weeks when he drops out of the sky for a couple minutes. Making her fall head-over-heels for Superman while totally ignoring Clark’s existence just makes her look dreadfully shallow. A schoolgirl crush on Supes is fine - he’s dreamy afterall, half of Metropolis should be crushing on him - but the deeper relationship she forms should be with the guy she’s spending 8hrs a day with, 5 days a week.

But I’ll admit I REALLY loved and almost preferred S&L’s take, where she was a Superman skeptic from the get-go and gradually came to trust him, but was already falling for Clark by then - the guy who helped her work on the stories she felt mattered most while the rest of the paper (and the world) was otherwise too busy obsessing over Superman.

 

[DorkyFresh]

That’s the Lois & Clark way and that worked beautifully as well. My main thing is I need her to actually see Clark, and not actually fall in love with the guy who she meets every few weeks when he drops out of the sky for a couple minutes. Making her fall head-over-heels for Superman while totally ignoring Clark’s existence just makes her look dreadfully shallow. A schoolgirl crush on Supes is fine - he’s dreamy afterall, half of Metropolis should be crushing on him - but the deeper relationship she forms should be with the guy she’s spending 8hrs a day with, 5 days a week.

I'm ashamed to say that I only saw a few episodes of L&C, but if that's how they portrayed their relationship, that's a great blueprint! Definitely agree that Lois shouldn't flat our ignore or neglect Clark, but I like the idea of Lois genuinely showing Clark the ropes, Clark slowly starting to pull his weight, and Lois being intrigued by his steel-like resolve.

But I’ll admit I REALLY loved and almost preferred S&L’s take, where she was a Superman skeptic from the get-go and gradually came to trust him, but was already falling for Clark by then - the guy who helped her work on the stories she felt mattered most while the rest of the paper (and the world) was otherwise too busy obsessing over Superman.

I find myself struggling to watch the CW shows (I'm a snob, I know) but this dynamic is very interesting and I hope that's explored a bit in Gunn's script.

 

[Iceman]

Personally, I hope that she is portrayed as being attracted to Clark first rather than Superman. That has been one of the aspects that Superman and Lois has introduced that has been a vast improvement for Lois. It makes Lois less superficial and shallow and more strong and independent if she is not reduced to being a giddy schoolgirl around Superman and yet dismissive of mild mannered Clark.

Yep, S&L Lois got it right. I hope that aspect is here to stay.