Superman, James Gunn and Lex Luthor
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We ranked every major Lex Luthor performance, including Nicholas Hoult's, to crown Superman's best on-screen nemesis.
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,
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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.
When taking on a timeless role like Lex Luthor for James Gunn’s Superman movie, it helps to get advice from actors who’ve been in the villainous role before. Batman V. Superman ’s Lex Luthor’s Jesse Eisenberg's blunt advice to Nicholas Hoult was… basically not to watch his performance.
Like his animated counterpart, the Luthor in the 2025 Superman is carrying out a complicated war against Superman that comes with a huge cash outlay: He covertly supplies the fictional nation of Boravia with $80 billion in weapons, plotting with the Boravian president to seize control of neighboring Jarhanpur, then split the country between them.
The Superman Good Deeds, Lex Luthor Bad Deeds meme trend took off shortly after the release of Superman (2025), directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult.
Nicholas Hoult's portrayal of iconic supervillain Lex Luthor in Superman makes us sure the DCU's other villains will be handled perfectly.
Superman' is the new darling of the comic book movie world, but I'm scratching my head as to why such a flawed flick is getting so much love.