Luthor - who would you cast?

[madmarva]

Who would you cast as Luthor?

If there is a Man of Steel sequel, he's bound to be in it. Who's your Luthor?

Also would he be:

@ A revenge-seeking super villain

@ A brilliant industrialist

@ A mad scientist

@ xenophobic demagogue

@ a Combination

@ or something else

[B-Lister]

Daniel Day Lewis.

Industrialist, Supervillain, criminal mastermind.

[Operation:Mego]

Billy Zane.

A combination of Xenophobic Demagogue, Brilliant industrialist, and Mad Scientist.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I didn't come up with this, Kevin Smith (of all people!) said it in his Fatman on Batman podcast:

Bruce Willis.

Just imagine...a Luthor who looks the part, has the charm a millionaire industrialist needs to effectively control a city...and could be seen throwing on a battle suit and smacking Superman around.

It would work!

Chris

[madmarva]

I like all those suggestions. Daniel Day Lewis could probably play anything, Zane has charisma and I could definitely see Willis in the role. "Up, Up and Away, m***** F*****."

I read Brad Pitt's name floated as a Richard Branson type Luthor. It'd be a stretch, but....

Christoph Waltz might not be a bad choice if he could work on the accent.

[palitoy]

Giancarlo Esposito although, i think he may be too old now.

[MegoSteve]

Giancarlo Esposito although, i think he may be too old now.

That is brilliant casting.

On the opposite side of that coin: Bryan Cranston.

[palitoy]

On the opposite side of that coin: Bryan Cranston.

Love him but he's approaching overexposure.

[Mego MkIV]

Bruce Willis is an interesting idea but Bryan Cranston works for me.

[madmarva]

Timothy Olyphant if he trades in his Stetson for the slick look.

Can Grant Morrison act?

[Earth 2 Chris]

^He can,but the movie would have to use subtitles.

Chris

[hedrap]

Back in the day, Daniel Benzali was Luthor.

Rosenbaum is still hard to beat. He just killed that role.

I'd honestly bring Clancy Brown in for a look. Besides being the voice for years, a shaved head would make him Old Kurgan, and add this weird Highlander subtext where Luthor's "youth" is based in the Kurgan's philosophy.

Come to think about it, I guess that's Vandal Savage. Who's Ian McShane.

Wouldn't be surprised if WB wanted Jon Hamm as some weird mirror of Cavill. I was hoping it would be Meloni when they cast him. He's got that same Willis intensity.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Rosenbaum is still hard to beat. He just killed that role.

Yeah, he's hard to top. He took some sometimes crappy material and really gave it a high polish. My son was watching the series finale again a few weeks back, and I commented how Rosenbaum owned that whole episodes even though he was maybe on screen for 5 minutes or so.

I'd honestly bring Clancy Brown in for a look. Besides being the voice for years, a shaved head would make him Old Kurgan, and add this weird Highlander subtext where Luthor's "youth" is based in the Kurgan's philosophy.

A few years back, I could have seen this for sure. Heck, Tim Daly would have made a decent Superman at one time.

Wouldn't be surprised if WB wanted Jon Hamm as some weird mirror of Cavill. I was hoping it would be Meloni when they cast him. He's got that same Willis intensity.

Whoa, that's a head spinner. It could work though...

[madmarva]

Totally off the subject, but Meloni would make a great Wildcat.

[thunderbolt]

Giancarlo Esposito although, i think he may be too old now.

that is a good one, he's great on Revolution.