Bryan Cranston is Lex Luthor
CageNarleigh
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Apparently Bryan Cranston has signed on for six movies total to star as Lex Luthor. The story is over at the Wizard World website. I'm posting this right now from my phone so I can't link to the website. My thoughts on this are that Lex Luthor / Bryan Cranston will be the agent Coulson / Nick Fury to the DC entertainment movie universe. And maybe, possibly it could lead to a Justice League of America vs the secret society of supervillains movie. Now that may be a stretch but I think it's highly likely and very very awesome. Thoughts?
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NOW I'm excited.
I mean, who am I kidding, I was going to see the movie no matter what. And I didn't mind Affleck, I just didn't find him as a choice added excitement.
THIS does.
And I jump to the Secret Society of Supervillains thought because, let's face it, there's not going to be six Superman movies. Which means Lex is going to have to show up in other movies... And the most likely reason he would......? :-)
I guess when you're on "the number 1 TV show," they want you in everything!
Sorry Henry, looks like you'll be vastly overshadowed in "your" sequel.
M
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Whereas Cranston not only reads as the right kind of intelligence to me, he is also very funny. And I think a Luthor is helped by that.
Suddenly I'm an anti-dentite bastard!!
M
I have no clue who Tim Whatley is, but I think Cranston is a perfect choice.
Edit: Due to a google search I need to point out I have never watched a full episode of Seinfeld and don't find it particularly funny.
I love Cranston...bring this on!
So then you disagree with my opinion that he's too old & a "hot celebrity" because of all the press he's getting from the end of a highly regarded series. You don't think his bald appearance in Breaking Bad would have its coat-tails ridden for "Superman's sequel?"
I just see him as the pre-clone Luthor. I'd like to see someone that doesn't come off as being a daddy reprimanding Superman, but as a rival. Cranston doesn't do that for me. Plus, he it would seem similar to his role in Total Recall.
I feel like WB is going out of its way to push Cavill's Superman aside for this movie.
M
I don't think he's too old I think that Luthor should be older than Superman. I like Luthor in the idea that he's a few strategic moves from becoming President and you couldn't have someone Clark's age doing that. If he's going to match wits with the world's greatest detective it helps if he's older because if he's the same age as everyone then that makes "world's greatest" not so great.
I don't think his bald appearance in Breaking Bad hurt him in landing the role. It showed that he was willing to shave his head for a role, and sure there's plenty of other actors that would have too but at least we know he has a good look bald and doesn't have a Gorbachev birthmark or baby devil horns or something.
He's a very good actor that will bring substance to the character. I also think it's a highly regarded series due much in part to the fact that Cranston plays the part so well.
M
If you'd asked random people to name a bald actor they'd have said "That Star Trek guy."
And most X-Men artists had started drawing Professor X as Patrick Stewart long before the movie was cast.
Bryan Cranston is on top of the Luthor List because he was freaking brilliant in Breaking Bad.
He's proved he has the chops to play Luthor as a serious villain, rather than a real estate huckster assclown.
With the right script, he will own this movie.
Already knowing he looks good bald is just gravy.
Should we have felt bad for a young Christopher Reeve having Gene Hackman to work with? Did Michael Keaton suffer for having his Batman go up against Jack Nicholson?
It's supposed to be Cavill's Superman's sequel, but have this strong feeling he will be overshadowed by Batman and Luthor (since big names are now casted), rather then build on what was presented in the first movie. It's like saying "yeah, Man of Steel did well, but it didn't do Batman well. Let's add Bats, Luthor, cast them both as big name stars, THEN we'll get that next $billion dollar movie."
M
Superman's villains sell Superman.
Lex Luthor. Brainiac. Doomsday. Zod. Mongul. Darkseid. Parasite.
I don't know that I've ever picked up a Superman book solely because it's Superman. It's always been a case of who Superman is going up against this time around that gets me to pick the issue and take it to the counter.
It isn't that he's not a symbol, or shouldn't have a back or side-story (the romance with Wondy/Lois/whoever), but to me he's never been as interesting as the people he comes up against and eventually triumphs over.
Henry Tudor coming up against Walter White? Yeah, I'm in. :)
*OK I suffered. But the other is funnier.
The studios has so many
flopsdisappointments this summer, they're gonna make very conservative choices for a while.As long as his scheme doesn't involve real estate again, I'm fine with the choice.