Nicholas Hoult Reveals His Surprising Reaction To Playing Lex Luthor After Auditioning For Superman

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This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Nicholas Hoult had a surprising reaction to learning he was playing Lex Luthor instead of Superman in James Gunn"s Superman movie reboot. While there is still no trailer for the film, anticipation is high for David Corenswet"s Superman, with the movie being the first in the new DC Universe. Before being cast to play one of DC"s biggest villains, Hoult lost the role of Bruce Wayne in The Batman to Robert Pattinson and Clark Kent in Superman to Corenswet. However, it seems like it was always the actor"s destiny to play Lex Luthor.
On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Nicholas Hoult explained why he laughed after being offered the Lex Luthor role in 2025"s Superman.
According to the actor, while he auditioned first to play the DCU"s Superman and even got to be one of the few stars to screen test for the role, Hoult always knew he would be a better fit for Lex Luthor. Upon receiving the offer to join Superman"s star-studded cast as Lex, Hoult laughed, as he felt when first reading the script that his perfect role in the film"s story was as the villain. Check out the full quote below:

"It"s funny, because when I first read the script, I remember reading it and there was a little inkling part of me that was like "Oh, I think you would have fun playing Lex."
And I kind of didn"t say anything, and then when James [Gunn] called me to play Lex, I did kind of cackle — I think is how I"d describe it. I didn"t say anything. I think he said, "We want you to play Lex," and I just laughed, because I think there was something in my instinct, when I first read the script, where I was like, "I think that"s more what I should be doing in this story."

Source: Happy Sad Confused
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