The Official Lex Luthor Casting Thread - Part 5

[elgaz]

I'd love to see Idris Elba as Lex. Completely new take.

 

[terry78]

He'd do it, but would they accept it? They already grumbled about Fishburne being Perry. That is just one negro too many.

 

[747]

Idris Elba would be a great Lex. I would personally love that choice.

 

[Poeman]

Elba is fantastic actor...I rather have him be John Stewart...THE NEW GREEN LANTERN.

Being Lex could backfire, and this project needs the least amount of risk possible.

 

[The Shield]

I look at him...

and I hear this:

"You've made a mistake, Superman. A big mistake. A potentially fatal mistake. I run this town, Superman. Metropolis belongs to me. The people are mine, to nurture, or destroy, as I see fit. And they've forgotten that. They've looked at you, with your costume, and your flashy super-human powers... and they've forgotten who their master is. Who is number one! And I intend to remind them, Superman. I'm going to show them you're nothing, Superman. A card-board cut-out. One day, very soon now, you're going to die, Superman. You're going to be destroyed and you'll know who's doing it. Everyone in Metropolis will know. But no one will ever be able to prove it. I'll not be arrested, Superman. Not ever again. Remember, Superman. You're a dead man. It's just a question of how soon!" -Lex Luthor

 

[The Shield]

Spoiler

This

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah. Guy Pearce as Lex. It needs to happen, dammit. I know he's not the only choice but it just would be too good to pass up. And it's not like you'd have to throw a ton of money at him to do it (he was in Lockout for crying out loud).

I'm half-tempted to watch that horrible looking movie he just did with Nic Cage simply because he plays a villain with a shaved head and it will make it even easier to envision him as Lex, lol.

 

[Lily Adler]

Now I really, really hope Pearce will be Lex because now one can watch that movie and see the new Lex with the guy who almost became Superman.

 

[Poeman]

I am 100% on board the Guy Pearce train...The guy is menacing and one of my fav actors

Campaign for Guy Pearce the LEX LUTHOR

"We are both, in our ways, outcasts of society...you just haven't realized it yet!"

 

[The Shield]

Guy Pearce! Guy Pearce! Guy Pearce! t:

 

[Sawyer]

Elba is fantastic actor...I rather have him be John Stewart...THE NEW GREEN LANTERN.

Being Lex could backfire, and this project needs the least amount of risk possible.

Backfire? I think you mean blackfire!

Nailed it.

 

[flickchick85]

Spoiler

This

What's that from?


I'd rather have Elba as a superhero, but I do think he'd be an awesome Lex.

As for the Guy Pearce train, well, I've been on that one for a while.

 

[Poeman]

you only think Elba can be a good Lex because of his role in The Wire.

He commands screen presence, but the man is better served as a hero then a villain.

 

[flickchick85]

He commands screen presence, but the man is better served as a hero then a villain.

Agreed. I'm just saying if he WERE cast as Lex, I have zero doubt he'd be awesome. But like I said, I'd much rather see him as a hero.

 

[Asr]

I have to admit, Guy Pearce would be awesome as Lex, but he played Cavill's "foster dad" in Count of Monte Cristo, so that might be weird for Cavill.

 

[The Shield]

What's that from?


I'd rather have Elba as a superhero, but I do think he'd be an awesome Lex.

As for the Guy Pearce train, well, I've been on that one for a while.

Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. Great story about Lex. Really like it. It doesn't hurt that the art is awesome.

 

[Project862006]

so he should be john stewart then!!

 

[flickchick85]

Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. Great story about Lex. Really like it. It doesn't hurt that the art is awesome.

Yeah the main reason I asked is because I loved the art. Thanks, I'll check it out.

 

[MOS2013]

the only choice to play Luthor imo

 

[Sawyer]

the only choice to play Luthor imo

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[Jim-El]

Here is another vote for Guy Pearce........

 

[Rowsdower!]

the only choice to play Luthor imo

I just threw up all over my floor. Then, as I tried to clean it up, the smell of the vomit made me throw up some more, and this time, some of it came out my nose.

Thanks.

 

[Lily Adler]

I have to admit, Guy Pearce would be awesome as Lex, but he played Cavill's "foster dad" in Count of Monte Cristo, so that might be weird for Cavill.

All the more reason to cast him.

 

[Rowsdower!]

That is funny; I forgot they were in The Count of Monte Cristo together.

I remember a while back someone was suggesting that the actress who played Cavill's mother in that movie should play Lois Lane. Now THAT would have been weird.

 

[Lily Adler]

It's Freudian-esque.