Lex Luthor Auditions?

Lex Luthor Auditions?

Despite fans universally wanting a villain OTHER than Lex Luthor, reports are coming in that they are having auditions for the role...

Scoop
By CBMcontributor - Feb 01, 2011 05:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Man of Steel

This from one scooper...

Cousin auditioned for Lex Luthor in Man of Steel this week. He won't say anything about it - they had to sign something - but doubts he will get it. He's 32, medium height, thin, brown hair (yes, not bald). non-news, but something in there might be worthwhile.

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/1/2011, 5:45 PM
All I can say is :

TorturedXGenius
TorturedXGenius - 2/1/2011, 5:58 PM
We Don't Believe You, You Need More People
superotherside
superotherside - 2/1/2011, 8:31 PM
i'd like lex in this i want him to be clark's friend (like in birthright) be hired by Bruno Mannheim to make super villains and help branic come to earth to find the last son of krypton who has a Mother Box!
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 2/2/2011, 5:48 AM
All i can say!...


And Paul Bettany as Brainiac
Exiles
Exiles - 2/2/2011, 8:10 AM
@TheGODDAMNSUPERGUY HAMM turns 40 next month thats like 12 year age gap, you need some one a bit younger some one thats in there early or mid thirties.

@LEEE I have to disagree with you dude Viggo's perfect for Jor-El

And the one good thing that ever came out of smallville was the the friendship between clark kent and lex luthor they were pretty much like brothers. They should hint that in the movies subtly and Lex has to be in this movie because the lex luthor that popped up in the past movies was never the REAL lex luthor much more cold, calculated and manipulative. Plus Lex thinks he's the hero and supermans the villain. None of this was ever shown on the big screen.
JosePetrelli12
JosePetrelli12 - 2/2/2011, 9:51 AM
@JxXxR - Great Jay-Z quote... and very appropriate. Who the F(rick) is the museum guy...lol

Vigo is too old @Leee777
(Good cast though)
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 2/2/2011, 10:03 AM
Billy Zane. He looks like the one from the Animated Series.
DiLusso
DiLusso - 2/2/2011, 10:13 AM
superman vs lex and errrrmmm yeah maybe nature(a little earthquake perhapse) and then maybe some missiles.
no one would think of that. ahh what a film it would be.

note: 'sarcasm'
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 2/2/2011, 10:15 AM
Thank God! The very idea of Superman fighting anyone else is ludicrous! Everyone knows that Luthor is the only villain Superman has ever fought in his seventy-plus years of existence.

Sadly, this is how the idiots who inflict these movies on us think. They've never heard of interesting villains like Brianiac or Darkseid who would give Superman an epic fight. Nobody wants to see an action-packed fight with someone who has the strength and power to possibly defeat Superman. No, we all want to see a bald guy who has no powers and has to use glowing rocks to have any chance at victory. meh.
woodsy100
woodsy100 - 2/2/2011, 10:23 AM
Yep, agree with the posts saying he has to be there - not as the primary villain, maybe not even as a villain at all (save it for the sequel?)
In Nolan we trust...in Nolan we trust...
kriswone
kriswone - 2/2/2011, 10:52 AM
No Doomsday. No watch.

I wanna see Superman DIE.
MrHand
MrHand - 2/2/2011, 10:56 AM
NO GOD PLEASE NO MORE LEX! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO MORE LEX!
TorturedXGenius
TorturedXGenius - 2/2/2011, 11:21 AM
@JosePetrelli12 lol props on someone knowing where the quote is from lol i could of sworn it would of gotten some "???"
WorldsGreatestdetective
WorldsGreatestdetective - 2/2/2011, 11:29 AM
BILLY ZANE!
FrankGarret
FrankGarret - 2/2/2011, 11:40 AM
You got to have Lex. He isn't someone like the Joker who can show up in the second movie, he has to be there from the beginning. He doesn't have to be the main villain, though.
mkn
mkn - 2/2/2011, 11:45 AM
I think Lex shouldn't have a slaphead, he should have Prison Break level hair.

MICHAEL C HALL for Lex. Watch Gamer, for his turn as the brilliant CEO.

He's very age appropriate, for a CEO, who has presedential aims.
FoxForce5
FoxForce5 - 2/2/2011, 12:01 PM
I don't mind Lex being there - he is a big part of the mythology, but I'd like him to be in the background and not really a villian - at least not revealed to be one until the end of the film or in the sequel.
FoxForce5
FoxForce5 - 2/2/2011, 12:01 PM
I don't mind Lex being there - he is a big part of the mythology, but I'd like him to be in the background and not really a villian - at least not revealed to be one until the end of the film or in the sequel.
yohj529
yohj529 - 2/2/2011, 12:20 PM
Viggo for Lex? I see him more General Zod and Guy Pearce for Lex.
superj89
superj89 - 2/2/2011, 12:33 PM
Michael C Hall



bubba27
bubba27 - 2/2/2011, 2:39 PM
@superj89

U stole my pick but I think Michael C Hall would be the perfect Lex.Also...

Hugh Laurie=Perry White
Rachal McAdams=Lois Lane
Denn1s
Denn1s - 2/2/2011, 3:50 PM
if luthor is the main villain, then at least give him the [frick]ing exoskeleton so he can fight with supes. i wanna see him finally punching someone for [frick]'s sake!!!
Supes17
Supes17 - 2/2/2011, 4:04 PM
@Arminies, Aim for the bushes
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/2/2011, 4:06 PM
you can have lex luthor,but you still need a villain for superman to have a punch up with.
Unreal2k9
Unreal2k9 - 2/2/2011, 4:56 PM
I have the feeling that Lex won't be in this film but I really think you can't do a proper Superman film without him. Being a Smallville fan, whenever I think of Lex I always think of a Lex much closer in age to Clark Kent. I think Timothy Olyphant would be perfect in the role.
Knightstalker
Knightstalker - 2/2/2011, 7:03 PM
I don't see the problem with Lex Luthor being significantly older than Superman. Ladies, please let go of all you have absorbed from ten years of the Smallville show. Lex Luthor is a superpower in the world of finance and corporate entities. I just can't see him being a twentysomething emo brat that just got handed the reins to a multibillion dollar, multinational empire company and being any significant threat to Superman.
LP4
LP4 - 2/2/2011, 9:14 PM
Luthor HAS to be in this film. And I mean the REAL Lex Luthor, NOT the lame hackman/spacey versions.

Luthor is Superman's achilles heel. Luthor needs to be in the movie.

Brainiac/Luthor teamup FTW!!!!

Older Lex- Billy Zane (looks and sounds like STAS version)

Younger Lex- Timothy Olyphant (dude looks like Lex)

@CBM Contributer- Most of the time u post made up BULLSHIT. I hope this aint one of them.
Optimus83
Optimus83 - 2/3/2011, 1:40 PM
Billy Zane born to Lex Luthor, is equal to The Animated series. ...

Bye
bgharcourt
bgharcourt - 2/3/2011, 11:43 PM
The actor they cast as Lex cannot be more famous then the actor they cast as Superman. Just like they said in regards to casting a female lead.
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