Superman, James Gunn and Lex Luthor
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Superman director James Gunn confirms that he initially had conversations with Bradley Cooper about Lex Luthor before deciding on Nicholas Hoult.
The following contains spoilers from James Gunn’s Superman movie, now in theaters. A significant plot element from James Gunn’s Superman film will factor into Peacemaker Season 2. Vice versa, actually.
Lex Luthor? When it comes to the positive takes critics have shared about James Gunn’s Superman, a considerable amount of praise has been pushed towards the ensemble cast. Lead actor David Corenswet has been praised for his winning performance as the Man of Steel but,
Superman is here and it has definitely met many of the expectations that were set for it. It has everything you could want from a summer blockbuster movie, and its biggest strength is its characters.
Nicholas Hoult plays the perfect megalomaniac, Lex Luthor, in James Gunn’s “Superman.” As Superman’s arch-nemesis, the powerful owner of LutherCorp, he can’t stand that people look up to the Man of Steel and not him.