The Greatest Criminal Mind of Our Time: Nicholas Hoult IS Lex Luthor

[WatchProtect]

In the same film we're bound to meet another shiny dome in Metamorpho so it'd be odd to spend any time at all signifying Lex's baldness as anything other.

 

[Silvermoth]

For me, lex being bald is as important, and as recognizable as Indiana jones hat or whip, or the spines on Godzilla's back, or captain Jack sparrow's walk.
It's Part of who he is.

Nono, I mean 100% he should be bald but I mean the idea of him going bald as a symbol of his deteriorating morality, I don’t love that. So bald from the start but definitely not balding as a symbol of evil

 

[SupermansPal]

 

[Sawyer]

The troll part of me thinks it would be deeply funny if Eisenberg was the only Luthor that Hoult watches as prep.

 

[Enriquespy]

Nono, I mean 100% he should be bald but I mean the idea of him going bald as a symbol of his deteriorating morality, I don’t love that. So bald from the start but definitely not balding as a symbol of evil

I remembre that gosh darn silly storyline where Lex Lutor was evil because Superboy saved him from the accident that let him bald as a teenager. Good thing that was left behind.

 

[GreenKToo]

Nono, I mean 100% he should be bald but I mean the idea of him going bald as a symbol of his deteriorating morality, I don’t love that. So bald from the start but definitely not balding as a symbol of evil

Agreed. I was thinking, he should have a phobia to germs, and because of that, he started shaving his head at an early age.

 

[GreenKToo]

Agreed, don't watch him because it 100% shows how NOT to portray Lex.

 

[flickchick85]

Might be worth watching as a cautionary tale.

 

[Dr.]

Like most fans, I have my own particular tastes and opinions as to how Superman should be portrayed. But I’ve never been all that invested in the villains. For me, they’re just “devices” — important only insofar as they serve and enhance the hero and the hero’s journey. As such, it doesn’t matter to me whether they’re canonically/“comic book” accurate. Indeed, many from the rogues’ gallery strike me as either simplistic/cartoony or derivative of other villains. So making them less canonical is, IMO, often an improvement.

It remains to be seen what this new version of Lex Luthor will be like. But at first blush, it seems like Hoult could do a very good job in the role.

 

[Bren]

I think we should have Bald Superman to really nail the message that being follically challenged is A-Okay.

Heck, why not Lois too.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah Lex just needs to be bald straight up. No fluffing about NO wigs and whatever's. Just a bald dude because that's who Lex is.

Agreed.

I still find it funny though that in their original comic book incarnations, Superman was bald but Lex had hair.

 

[Sawyer]

Hoult better hit us with at least one of these in Legacy…

 

[BobJM]

Although I don’t think we’ll be getting another Eisenberg level of zaniness, I do think people should brace for this Luthor to be fairly comedic given Gunn’s writing. Hoult might even go for a quasi-Tony Stark—if the movie does indeed go the LexCorp route.

I’m just hoping for an office confrontation regardless

 

[Captain Tired]

I don't think he'll be flat out comedic, but given this is Hoult playing the character, I'm definitely expecing some bizarre eccenticities on display. Less Eisenberg popping Jolly Ranchers into people's mouths, and more John Shea having his henchmen set up surprise attacks for him in his office, etc. At the very least just a general air of some slight nervous energy.

 

[GreenKToo]

I'll be honest, he wouldn't even be in my top 5 casting choices for Lex.
That said, I'm more than willing to be proven wrong by him.

 

[whoknows]

He was great as a dodgy character in skins.

 

[Detective Conan]

Fan art of Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor:

Artist: @jobhutz

 

[Deck Rickard]

I hope we get some of that spoiled rich brat energy that he displayed in The Great, only unlike Peter, Lex should actually be able to back it up with a genius intellect.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Hoult's comedic chops are a great fit with Gunn. I want a serious Luthor as much as the next post-Crisis Superman fan but tbh I'm not going to be mad at all when inevitably there's a lot of Peter in Hoult's Lex. It's pretty obvious to me there's some sort of comedic sensibility to the character if the Skarsgaard brothers and Hoult were the candidates, there's a certain quality they all share.

 

[GreenKToo]

I hope we get some of that spoiled rich brat energy that he displayed in The Great, only unlike Peter, Lex should actually be able to back it up with a genius intellect.

My wish is for this Lex to be on the same level of Tony Stark in intelligence ( without the witty banter ), a superstar in the public's eye, like Tom Cruise, but be as sinister and evil as Darkseid behind the scene.
When Lex has people killed, he would think no more of it than we doing in killing a fly.

 

[Enriquespy]

Dunno if anyone saw the first reading pic, but...

Spoiler: YASSS

HAIR BE GONE!!!!

A bit early to be honest, but there it is.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I can't wait for the first official pic. Its exciting to see them all, but it really doesn't give us any idea what 'look' we are gonna get.

 

[GreenKToo]

I'm gonna cry if we get another goofy Lex or one that likes to pop jolly ranchers into peoples mouths.

 

[Sawyer]

Good lord, y’all won’t stop harping on the humor aspect. It’s Gunn. This certainly isn’t going to be devoid of humor, but it’s also not going to be… whatever the hell Eisenberg was doing or even the same brand of comedy that Donner and Hackman were getting up to.

But if you’re expecting a stone-cold somber Lex (which is something of a rarity, isn’t it?), you should probably prepare yourselves.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I'm gonna cry if we get another goofy Lex or one that likes to pop jolly ranchers into peoples mouths.

Oh god I'd repressed that

I'm just hoping he does something REALLY evil.

Like stealing 40 cakes or something...