BvS Lex Luthor Casting Thread - Part 3

[Dk1201]

So guys from ThinkMcflyThink.com say it's Metallo + Lex as our main villains.

At least it's not the joker but would a Cameo of a batman villain be THAT hard....


would prefer Metallo Lex and perhaps Man-Bat....

 

[Rodrigo90]

Why Man-Bat?

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeesh, Man-Bat. There's one character I never have the need to see on the big screen.

 

[Rodrigo90]

It's like saying

I want Sal Maroni, Carmine Falcone and Bat-Mite as the villains

 

[Rowsdower!]

It's like saying

I want Sal Maroni, Carmine Falcone and Bat-Mite as the villains

And Starro.

 

[Dk1201]

I like Man-Bat. but any batman villain would be nice.

 

[NosfeRomas]

The Condiment King then !!

 

[Dk1201]

what is wrong with Man Bat or Clayface or any of the freakier batman villains?

 

[Rodrigo90]

Nothing is wrong with them.

But give me a potentially good storyline idea with Man-Bat?

He would seem out of place in this movie.

Or maybe he wouldn't?

 

[RAE072]

Nothing is wrong with them.

But give me a potentially good storyline idea with Man-Bat?

He would seem out of place in this movie.

Or maybe he wouldn't?

You don't need a storyline for Man-Bat.

He's the type of villain you could have near the beginning of a Batman movie that Batman is going after. Then we get the actual storyline villain introduced later.

Characters like Joker, Penguin, Two-Face, Freeze and so on are storyline characters. Not Man-Bat.

 

[DChero]

I'm just reflecting on us having Batman and Wonder Woman cast in the Man of Steel franchise before Lex. Wow.

 

[Dragon_316ca]

http://www.thinkmcflythink.com/movi...a-united-nations-of-heroes-and-guess-wh.html/

Well we have also learned from a trusted source in Hollywoodland (the same one who first alerted us to Batman Vs. Superman getting quietly developed, David Goyer back on writing duties for the next Superman film and the Gotham Central-inspired series) the studio has been testing for Lex Luthor. No, it's not Bryan Cranston. Or Mark Strong. Or any other bald, Caucasian character-actor. Instead it appears they are testing African-American actors to portray the billionaire arch-nemesis of Kal-El.

Denzel Washington was their hope of hopes but nothing ever materialized and before you even ask, yes Idris Elba was on "the list" as impossible as that would have been given his current status as Hemdall in Marvel's THOR films. One actor approached is someone fans of Arrow would know as John Diggle, Oliver Queen's bodyguard/pal, actor David Ramsey, which is that were true would put a hault in theories that Arrow would be tied into DC's Cinematic Universe.

This does not mean Luthor will definitely be played by an African American.

 

[regwec]

They probably read that here first.

 

[Rodrigo90]

What a load of ****

I'm hoping

 

[Dispatch Ninja]

http://www.thinkmcflythink.com/movi...a-united-nations-of-heroes-and-guess-wh.html/

 

[The_Manhunter]

Anyone else really want to see Mark Strong as Lex?

 

[Mysteryman]

And the rumors keep swirling out of control.

 

[DChero]

Anyone else really want to see Mark Strong as Lex?

He's third on my list behind MCH and Hamm. I'd prefer Strong as Sinestro though.

 

[Krumm]

An African-American Lex Luthor? Sure, why not?

But with this whole United Nations idea, why is the black guy the villian?

I also feel that Lex being white brings this white supremacist angle to his hatred for Superman, which I enjoy but it is by no means necessary to make the character work as he always has.

 

[regwec]

I'm all for Denzel in the role, but I think the news source is speculative crap.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I'm totally fine with an African-American Lex, but I'm not sure about this "source."

 

[Pickleweasel]

From Denzel Washington to David Ramsey?

Complete opposites of the spectrum fame wise

 

[Brian Braddock]

If that's the direction that they're going, then Chiwetel Ejiofor has to be looked at, surely?

 

[regwec]

I don't think skin colour should be seen as a "direction" per se. I would hope it could be merely incidental.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Denzel would be an awesome Lex.