Superman, James Gunn and Lex Luthor
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When taking on a timeless role like Lex Luthor for James Gunn’s Superman movie, it helps to get advice from actors who’ve been in the villainous role before. Batman V. Superman ’s Lex Luthor’s Jesse Eisenberg's blunt advice to Nicholas Hoult was… basically not to watch his performance.
The Superman Good Deeds, Lex Luthor Bad Deeds meme trend took off shortly after the release of Superman (2025), directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult.
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Lex Luthor? When it comes to the positive takes critics have shared about James Gunn’s Superman, a considerable amount of praise has been pushed towards the ensemble cast. Lead actor David Corenswet has been praised for his winning performance as the Man of Steel but,
James Gunn might have given us a tease for who the ultimate villain of DCU will turn out to be through Superman, and here's what we think.
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Lex Luthor steals dogs and antagonizes superheroes in "Superman," yet Nicholas Hoult's villain still finds a posse by his side for baddie shenanigans.
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Nicholas Hoult plays the perfect megalomaniac, Lex Luthor, in James Gunn's "Superman." As Superman's arch-nemesis, the powerful owner of LutherCorp, he can't stand that people look up to the Man of Steel and not him.