The Good Citizens of Metropolis: The Casting Thread

[Deck Rickard]

Some ideas. I'm not really married to any of them other than Brosnahan. I've been binging Mrs. Maisel and now I literally can't see any one BUT her playing Lois.

Superman: Jeremy Irvine

Lois Lane: Rachel Brosnahan

Lex Luthor: Jason Clarke

Jimmy Olsen: Tyler James Williams

Perry White: Bob Odenkirk

Brainiac: Matt Smith

Jonathan Kent: Bruce Greenwood

Martha Kent: Taraji P. Henson

 

[Tg11]

Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman- Nicholas Hoult
Lois Lane- Anna Kendrick
Lex Luthor- Jason Clarke (I second this pick)
Jimmy Olsen- Dylan Minnette
Brainiac- Matt Smith (I also second this pick)
Jonathan Kent- Bruce Greenwood
Martha Kent- Julianne Moore
Perry White- Alec Baldwin
Jor-El- Eric Bana
Lara Lor Van- Naomi Watts
General Zod- Jude Law

 

[Deck Rickard]

Solid cast. Not crazy about Kendrick as Lois though (she always comes off like a teenager to me) and I'm not sure I can buy Juliane Moore as a woman living on a farm. But other than that I like those picks.

 

[Lone]

They could get away recasting Cavill with Jamie Dornan because they look like twins separated at birth.

 

[flickchick85]

Nah, Dornan looks like the creepy, damaged version, which means he'd be a better fit for Batman, lol.

Besides, we all know Cavill's real doppelganger is Canadian!

 

[Tg11]

Jamie Dornan as Batman or Superman gets my vote...he is better suited for Batman anyway but if he were cast as Superman I wouldn't have a problem with it

 

[Deck Rickard]

Nah, Dornan looks like the creepy, damaged version, which means he'd be a better fit for Batman, lol.

Besides, we all know Cavill's real doppelganger is Canadian!

Who is that dude? And yeah, he does look like Cavill's doppelganger, lol.

 

[flickchick85]

Who is that dude? And yeah, he does look like Cavill's doppelganger, lol.

Thomas Beaudoin.

 

[Lone]

Nah, Dornan looks like the creepy, damaged version, which means he'd be a better fit for Batman, lol.

Besides, we all know Cavill's real doppelganger is Canadian!

Only if he keeps his mouth shut the entire time because dude has a wonky looking tooth in that gif you posted.

 

[flickchick85]

Henry has wonky teeth too.

Bale teeth:

Spoiler

Welling teeth:

Spoiler

This newfound obsession with perfectly straight teeth for Supes and Batman is...interesting, lol. And regardless of teeth, Dornan's got a creepier smile anyway. Like, this is a bad smile now:

Really?!

 

[Deck Rickard]

Is Beaudoin a good actor? He has a decent Superman look.

Also, he already has superpowers. He can switch heads with people.

 

[Boom]

The dude's pushing forty.

 

[Deck Rickard]

True, but if they want to go with an established Superman (sans origin) maybe it could work. Dude has a PERFECT Clark Kent look. No idea how his acting is though.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I said it before, but he looks like a serial killer!!!!

 

[Deck Rickard]

Maybe, but...

"Superman has the cold, crazed eyes of a killer." - Jon Peters

 

[flickchick85]

He’s too old, imo. As is Dornan or anyone else in their mid-30’s now, because Supes won’t even be getting back off the ground for another few years I’m assuming.

But he does have almost my ideal Superman look, voice, and demeanor in the things I’ve seen him in. More so than Henry, tbh. Such a waste, lol.

 

[Tg11]

Then at this point you almost have to go with Aaron Taylor Johnson or Nicholas Hoult as Kal El

 

[fan4stic]

James Wolk as Clark Kent/Superman

Lauren Cohan as Lois Lane

Ryan Potter as Jimmy Olsen

Michael Fassbender as Lex Luthor

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Brainiac

Kyle Chandler as Jonathan Kent

Lucy Lawless as Martha Kent

Luke Evans as Jor-El

Rose Byrne as Lara-El

Lee Pace as Parasite

Rupert Friend as John Corben/Metal-0

Maggie Q as Mercy Graves

Andre Braugher as Perry White

 

[Tg11]

I like your cast a lot but I will go one better or try to

Clark Kent/Kal El/Superman- Sam Claflin
Lois Lane- Alicia Vikander
Jimmy Olsen- Asa Butterfield
Lex Luthor- Jude Law
Brainiac- Matt Smith
Jonathan Kent- Dennis Quaid
Martha Kent- Julianne Moore
Jor-El- Eric Bana
Lara Lor-Van- Rachel Weisz
Parasite- Ed Skrein
John Corben/Metallo- Sam Worthington
Mercy Graves- Maggie Q (I agree)

Perry White- Alec Baldwin or if you go with a black Perry then I would go with: Ving Rhames

 

[Lone]

Henry has wonky teeth too.

Bale teeth:

Spoiler

Welling teeth:

Spoiler

This newfound obsession with perfectly straight teeth for Supes and Batman is...interesting, lol. And regardless of teeth, Dornan's got a creepier smile anyway. Like, this is a bad smile now:

Really?!

But it’s really noticeable on Canadian Cavill though.

Anyways, I’d be willing to bet the next Superman will be someone none of us expects.

 

[flickchick85]

But it’s really noticeable on Canadian Cavill though.

Anyways, I’d be willing to bet the next Superman will be someone none of us expects.

It's really noticeable on all of them. Like seriously, as soon as any of them smiled for the first time, it jumps out. But we quickly get used to it because it's nothing, and doesn't remotely qualify as "bad teeth." Anyway, I agree with your second statement. I wasn't even suggesting Canadian Cavill for the role to begin with, just pointing out he's clearly a much better doppelganger than Dornan. As I've said a million times, the next Superman will be and should be an unknown, imo.

 

[Shadowstrife]

^Lauren Cohan as Lois is a good choice, but I'd still go with a 2011/2012 Olivia Wilde.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Lauren Cohan is right where she belongs — on a crappy major network show that will get canceled before next season.

 

[RomanticPenguin]

was hoping for Lauren Cohan joker 1 day, even for a few seconds

she got crazy eyes (in a good way)

 

[flickchick85]

Aw, I like Cohan. She'd probably be a decent Lois, but right now I'm all aboard the Emmy Rossum for Lois train.