Nicholas Hoult shares the prep & pressure behind his role as Lex Luthor in ‘Superman: Legacy’ 

Agreed. I would also like to see the human side of Lex that sees Superman as an alien threat he feels he has to protect humanity from, like he was in Red Son.

I think Jon O'Shea from Lois and Clark did that part the best, despite his comedic take on the character.

Same

he looks like they tried him out as Superman but settled for Lex.

@@mattd6200Actually, Nicolas has spoken before about how much he wanted the role of Batman but lost out to Robert Pattinson. That isn’t surprising though considering the fact that SO many actors and actresses will always audition for major roles like that, especially with superhero films. They know just how great of an opportunity that is.

Won't be as good as man of steel. No reason to keep holding out hope

@@UnifiedaxxSwhat the heck it will be amazing both can be cool excited for it so much

@@UnifiedaxxS MoS is undoubtably the best for its non-comic-y realism.

@Powerhaus88 exactly, I'm sure gunn's vision will go back to more campy superman. Not my thing usually

Gunn is a mega comic fan and he did phenomenal with the guardians of the galaxy especially the last film in particular, if anyone is capable of brining just to the DC films it’s definitely going to be Gunn

Not the highest bar to clear, but yeah.

Eisenberg played more like the mad hatter 😂

@@alexanderandrew6535I’d say him or Riddler

Agreed, but let’s set a higher bar. He could do better than Eisenberg and still be terrible. I think he’ll be great. Gunn knows how to cast.

But better than Cudlitz?

Not sure about him for lex tbh

@@davidg7643weird I feel the exact opposite. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Nicholas Hoult definitely has the acting talent for this role, and looks the part. I’m excited for this movie. They REALLY nailed it with the casting of David Corenswet as Superman. Not only is David a talented actor, but visually he is PERFECT for the role.

@@miranda13cI disagree. He has a somewhat childish face, whereas Rosenbaum had a mature face even when he was younger. I’ve never seen Hoult play any role where he comes off as an imposing adult man, he always seems to have this kicked puppy naive face in every role he plays. Even in The Menu, where he’s a despicably evil character, his character is still a wimpy loser.

​​@@ssjcosty except that's the whole character of Lex. Someone who thinks himself as the big deal, as "that guy", but deep down, he's an insecure loser, jealous that there's someone who actually is the big deal and with extremely broken abilities might i add. Him having a childish face adds to the character

I noticed that, maybe Michael just didn't want to influence his performance too much so he could create his own vision of the character

It's fine.

I think his gist is to try to relate and humanise the character.

​@sparks564 - as a former Drama student, I actually appreciate that Michael is extending that courtesy to Nicholas here, and being magnanimous and welcoming him to make his own mark on the role of Lex, because as Michael says himself, his own version of Lex is not his favourite, but as one of the people who played him longest, his opinion on what makes the character compelling is not without merit, and it's very easy for actors to get in their own head about how someone else would do it. There's a play on the West End at the moment called The Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne starring Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn, which is about when John Gielgud directed Richard Burton as Hamlet, which is entirely about that disconnect when two actors, two of the greatest of their respective generations, are trying to tackle this role from completely different standpoints; history has shown there is no "right" way to play Hamlet, but most people who know the role all have very strong opinions about how *not* to play it.

He does dance around that question. But it's fine. He clearly wants the dude to make it his own. But Hoult clearly admires his portrayal of the character.

It is funny and it’s worked out well before. Cillian Murphy and Heath Ledger both auditioned to be Batman for Christopher Nolan. I’m expecting Gunn’s Superman movie to be great.

​@@Maximus0623 there was also Tom Hiddleston who auditioned for Thor but ended up as Loki and Sebastian Stan who auditioned for Captain America but instead ended up playing Bucky Barnes.

@@spongemaster Good point. Two more examples that worked out well. Hopefully this one does too.

It works well into the fact that Lex is jealous of Superman. He's the 2nd most "Super" man in the world.

@@bettercallmaul5810 good point. Hoult can use any natural jealousy for the character

I agree nice profile pic btw :)

Spacey and Hackman have 4 oscars between them. Are you dumb?

I absolutely loathed Jon Cryer’s performance. He never managed to bring seriousness and gravitas to his role, instead his character came off as a middle aged used car salesman having a mid life crisis.

Who was?

He rocked the bald look imo

No one cares about him.

@@gumtreekoala987actually everyone loves john glover

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Hoult bring gravitas in any of his roles.

@@ssjcosty I meant that Lex has gravitas.

I loved smallville

Finallyyy

I believe in his ability. Hoping for the best

I only remember him as beast in the x men movies

I agree with everything you said about Hoult, but sometimes actors surprise with these roles. People were overwhelmingly disappointed when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker until the trailer came out and it became obvious he was going to be awesome. James Gunn has a strong history of casting well in roles. I’m trusting in Gunn. But yeah, I get it. Hoult doesn’t scream Lex Luther the way Bryan Cranston does.

@@Maximus0623 - Ledger is the exception, not the rule... more often than not when people think "Oh hell na" for casting an established pop culture character, the masses tend to be right... there's always gonna be exceptions like Ledger, but they're very rare... Bryan Cranston for an older Lex would be perfect, but I think a more youthful Lex is what Gunn should be aiming for, like somebody in their 40s... 30s is too young and 50s is too old... With that said, even tho he's a bit on the younger side, I think the PERFECT casting choice for Lex would have been Austin Butler, especially after his recent performance in Dune, with the menacing bald look, he would have been superb for Lex! Also I think the actor Theo James who's playing the lead role in the Netflix Guy Ritchie series The Gentlemen would have been a great Lex, since he can play quietly menacing pretty well, and he's got decent acting range too from the performances I've seen from him, he'd just need to perfect an American accent, since he's British. But my top choice would have been Austin Butler for sure... that dude steals the show everytime he pops up in a new project lately, his voice is iconic, he looks great bald...

@@dbzispimpin I hadn’t thought of Austin Butler, but now that you said it, I agree he would be great. He’s shown he has range and with Dune showed that he can command the screen as a villain. I’m trying to be positive about Hoult. At least the casting isn’t Eisenberg bad. Everyone but Zack Snyder immediately knew that would be a train wreck. Hopefully Hoult will surprise because villains kind of make or break superhero movies. The best ones have strong villain portrayals.

@@Maximus0623- 100% hoping for the best alongside you brotha... I'm not super optimistic, but I'm certainly not HOPING Hoult is bad... and if Gunn is good at anything consistently, it's casting people well with Guardians, Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, Gunn has done a great job with casting thus far, so hopefully Hoult gave him a stellar audition or something that convinced Gunn that he was right for such a pivotal recurring character... Still wish Butler had gotten it tho, I was really hoping for it, even before I saw him in Dune 2, that performance just cemented him as my favorite choice for Lex.

@@dbzispimpin I get what you’re saying. On paper, Hoult is not a good choice. The only reason I’m optimistic is because of James Gunn. I’m probably setting myself up for disappointment, but I have high expectations for this movie and the DCU. I think Gunn is going to fix DC.

Really? You're mad about them race swapping Otis? Seriously dude? Lmfao womp womp. The movie's gonna be peak it doesn't matter what race the characters are it matters how good the story is.

Get a grip on your life mate

Fun fact the world has moved on, including Henry Cavill and everyone else will go and see the movie.

Cavill looked the part and he's a great actor but I didn't care for those movies at all, and I blame Zack snyder

Henry's interpretation of Clark Kent was very dried and his character lacked chemistry with Amy's Lois Lane. Not to mention he had a hard time pulling off the American accent due to him as a British actor.