The Official Lex Luthor Casting Thread - Part 6

[SuperMike335!!]

what i like about brolin is he is handsome,charismatic but even at an older age of 44 he still is very youthful looking but he also looks like a tough bad ass and hey he is ma kent's husband

Fantastic Suggestion.

 

[Big Green]

Matthew McConaughey

 

[TheHeatKitchen]

Just the attitude I imagined. That man that can go from calm and calculating to maniacal and psychotic at the blink of an eye.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Is this Brolin's mugshot?
Yeah..I can see him as Lex now lol

 

[Rodrigo90]

Awww, you too!

... I'm way to easily buttered up, aren't I?

Of course not! It's just my manly North East charm

 

[ThePhantasm]

Matthew McConaughey

"Hi thar, Supermaaan. Ahm jus' 'ere to be yer villain an' take mah shurt off fer the ladies."

No thanks.

 

[Project862006]

i must of missed him taking his shirt off in

Lincoln lawyer
killer joe
paper boy
MUD
Bernie
upcoming Dallas Buyers Club and Scorsese's Wolf of wall street

 

[BigA]

Matthew McConaughey

 

[Majik1387]

Yeah no.

 

[Sawyer]

Yeah, if we're just going to make suggestions based on whoever may have happened to have the shaved head look at one point or another... why not go with Natalie Portman?

 

[Rodrigo90]

She would make an awesome Lex

 

[Kryptonian Warrior]

Matthew McConaughey

Every time I see him I automatically hear "Alright Alright Alright" "I love those redheads".

There's no way I could take him seriously for Lex.

 

[ThePhantasm]

i must of missed him taking his shirt off in

...

Its just a running joke from Rifftrax (and from Matt Damon as well), not a hard and fast rule.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Mr. Crazy or Lex

Spoiler

 

[SuperMike335!!]

Orlando Bloom would be an outside the box choice.

Also has some star power.

 

[McLarenMP4]

Some of the suggestions in this thread have been ridiculous, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Damon should never get near a role like Lex.
J Phoenix is also a poor choice imo. I don't get why he's rated so highly, he always plays the same type of characters. He is always brooding and I never find any humour in any of his performances.

A role like Lex needs an inspired choice like Michael Shannon for Zod or Heath Ledger as The Joker.
It also depends on what interpretation of Lex we want to see on screen, I liked the mix of Lex's that they had in Smallville, he was the ruthless businessman but also a scientist. Michael Rosenbaum was the best interpretation of Lex we've had on screen IMO but I would like to see a more scientific Lex than that.

I'll throw this one into the hat, Daniel Day Lewis.

 

[Rodrigo90]

If the rulebook is changed so that you can be nominated for superhero movies at the Oscars, only then will DDL potentially step into a good written role.

 

[SuperMike335!!]

^^^ Daniel Day Lewis would make sort of the older type of Lex.

It depends on which way they want to go with Lex.

Older or younger.

I prefer he look around the same age as Superman, or at most just a little older.

Makes the rivalry somehow look better for them to be in a similar looking age, but that might just be my taste.

Likely the crew at WB has several characteristics they intend to go with, as there are a lot of ways to portray the character.

I'd like it if they did a number of actor Auditions, instead of just hiring one outright like Spacey.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Lex has always been slightly older than Superman though. I think it makes a nod to sibling rivalary within stories...the older brother being jealous of the favoured younger brother.

 

[SuperMike335!!]

Lex has always been slightly older than Superman though. I think it makes a nod to sibling rivalary within stories...the older brother being jealous of the favoured younger brother.

This.

That's why I think he should look just a little bit older, not look old enough to be Superman's dad.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

If the rulebook is changed so that you can be nominated for superhero movies at the Oscars, only then will DDL potentially step into a good written role.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Yeah, but it was posthumous.

 

[Enriquespy]

Phoenix is my fab, but Brolin is growing on me.

That sounded weird.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

So?

 

[Rodrigo90]

So?

Then wouldn't DDL have to expire to get an oscar like Heath?