The Official Lex Luthor Casting Thread

[Zack Snyder]

Phoenix over Norton imo though.

 

[Ursa]

Phoenix over Norton imo though.

Oh yeah t:

An awesome comeback to the movies!

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Olyphant is 6'0, just a hair shorter than Cavill.

Just saying

Yeah, the more I think about it the more I like Olyphant for Lex... it just feels right.

Only if he can do it without delaying Justified though.

Oh hell... this is Superman we're talking about. Justified can be delayed a little bit.

 

[Eddie Dean]

My perfect Lex Luthor would be a mix of Salieri, Gordon Gekko, Howard Hughes and Nikola Tesla.

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[Rowsdower!]

My perfect Lex Luthor would be a mix of Salieri, Gordon Gekko, Howard Hughes and Nikola Tesla.

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I agree completely. My ideal Lex is pretty much an amalgam of those people.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I'm a couple months late to hearing about Bond 23 being back on track... great news, but unfortunately bad news for Daniel Craig as Luthor. Superman's shooting in August and Bond in November

 

[Boom]

Who is this?

 

[Boom]

He has a pretty heavy British accent.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I don't know... I really didn't find Birthright Luthor to be as creepy and impish as you keep saying he was. He was thinner than Supes, but Supes is built like a tank. Personality wise, he was somewhat, but mostly just when he was a kid. And even then, I didn't get the impression that he was ugly.

 

[DorkyFresh]

i'd rather Lex not be overtly creepy....he has to be somewhat likable if we are to believe he is a successful businessman.

 

[Boom]

I will say, though. With a little fine-tuning of the voice, that guy could make a killer Joker .

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, that's what I thought too. He looks like he was born to play the Joker.

 

[Rust]

i'd rather Lex not be overtly creepy....he has to be somewhat likable if we are to believe he is a successful businessman.

And handsome in a Patrick Bateman-like way. Or...

 

[Rodrigo90]

Aint that good looking,so he qualifies.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I wouldn't care if DDL was more handsome than Cavill, I'd do anything to get him in the movie.

 

[Octoberist]

Aint that good looking,so he qualifies.

I think many people could consider Daniel Day Lewis as a good looking guy, especially back in the 90s.

 

[Boom]

Michael Shannon is rumored to be up for a villain role.

Lex Luthor plz .

 

[Project862006]

Shannon For Lex lets move convo from zod thread to where it belongs since he is no Zod

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Just googled him... he also doesn't look like he should be Luthor either.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Shannon would be awesome as Lex or Brainiac. I'm personally hoping for Brainy, but I'd be cool with him as Lex too.

 

[SuperDaniel]

i`ve never seen him in anything but he looks a lot like Luthor, imo. Anyone care to do a manip of him with a shaved head?

 

[Boom]

SuperDaniel,

He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Revolutionary Road, and he was absolutely superb in the first season of HBO's Boardwalk Empire.

He has the chops to play Luthor. Easy.

 

[Octoberist]

Michael Shannon is so talented that I want to thank the LORD AND SAVOR FOR CREATING such a great actor! He's LEGIT.

 

[Rowsdower!]

i`ve never seen him in anything but he looks a lot like Luthor, imo. Anyone care to do a manip of him with a shaved head?

Check out Revolutionary Road. He's great in it. Also an amazing film with knockout performances by Leo and Kate.

Shannon is also very good in The Runaways and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

He's good in Bug too, but I wouldn't recommend that sh** movie to anyone.

 

[Frodo]

I'm thinking he's up for Lex too but it could be Zod in he's in the running with the other rumored contender.