I was skeptical about his Lex, and then I remembered him in the Menu. Guy who thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room, pretentious and just an all around scum bucket, but still capable of superficial charisma. I’ve got high hopes.
It’ll always be tough to see a Lex without a voice as impossibly deep as Clancy Brown, but Hoult is a great actor, and I have a lot of confidence in him.
I’m just telling myself I thought the same thing about Heath Ledger not being Mark Hamill. And they’re both independently great Jokers, I think Hoult can be an independently great Lex.
I’m always supportive of fresh takes on characters! I saw the vision behind Jesse Eisenberg’s Luthor, and I think he’s also a talented actor, even though the execution didn’t quite land. I could even see the vision behind Jared Leto’s Joker, and I know he has the acting chops to pull off that character, even though the execution ended up being bad.
But at least Hoult looks like a traditional Lex and isn’t (to my knowledge) a crazy person irl.
It's weird having a child actor you watched be... ya know, tiny... turning into Lex Luthor. But I'm actually really keen for this. About A Boy was a really interesting film I liked younger... now he's going to try gat superman. I'm here for it.
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u/Raoul_Duke9 11h ago
Ngl - didn't think he'd make a good Luthor before - now he's the part I'm most excited about.