A Better Luthor
Luthor looks weak in the trailer.
Anyone else think this guy would have be better cast as Luthor:
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The very fact that he was cast as Kingpin in the assorted Marvel TV series means he would never, not in a million years, would have been cast as the similar looking Lex Luthor. Neither James Gunn nor anyone else at DC/Warner Bros. would want to put up with constant stream of copycat accusations that would flow from that, and for that matter Vincent D'Onofrio very likely would have no interest in playing such a similar role; the last thing any actor wants is to be typecast, and this would be actively courting it.
shareLuthor embodies power and D'Onofrio has that look of power.
He could do it. But personally, I like what Gene Hackman did.
His Luthor was sinister, evil, powerful, yet very amusing at the same time.
The guy I thought could do it this way was the first guy (supposedly) Gunn was talking to - Bradley Cooper.
For whatever reason it didn't work out with Bradley.
D'onofrio, he'd probably play Lex as Kevin Spacey did.
Well time will tell - I thought Green Goblin looked ridiculous when I first saw a promo picture and that worked out pretty good.
shareAnd they would still never have cast him, for the reasons I gave above. Especially since he's simply not the only actor who can radiate power and menace.
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