Nicholas Hoult is playing Lex Luthor in James Gunn’s Superman. Today, when he was on Today, he shared the crazy way he landed the role.
Hoult and Gunn follow each other on social media, so the actor reached out to the director and asked if they could grab coffee. He was hoping that if a role came up, he would keep him in mind.
Gunn did, and Hoult originally auditioned for the role of Superman. However, in the back of his head, he knew that he would be better off as the bad guy instead of the good one.
So after meeting David Corenswet, he knew that he would be the perfect person for The Man of Steel. Therefore, he was not surprised when Gunn offered him the part of the villain.
If you are going to play Luthor, then you need to have a shaved head. Who got the honors? He let his son, Joaquin, 7, do it!
Hoult is excited for his son to be able to see this movie because it is kid-appropriate. It is also adult-friendly. He told Craig Melvin, “When I saw it for the first time, I left the theater, I just felt like hopeful for humanity, for what I can bring to the world and the goodness I can bring, and the goodness in others.”
That is something we all need these days. We need to be reminded that there are more good people than bad. However, that is not that easy in the current climate.
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