Superman legacy will have Nicholas Hout as Lex Luther. For his version of the man of steel arch enemy is from  Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. Here is how Hout put it.

“It’s about I think you take from all the previous interpretations of the character and the comics and you build upon it. That’s the fun thing in like movies and comics and kind of all media in a sense is the history of all of it. It’s all kind of a building amalgamation of it.

Then there’s weird connections I make where I’m like, oh you know I’m working with Clint who obviously directed Unforgiven and that’s what Gene won one of his Oscars for his brilliant performance in that, and you know watching Michael Rosenbaum as well and all these brilliant people that have played that character.

There’s so many and James has already spoken about quite a few that influence obviously the overall film and All Star Superman, and there’s little things that you draw from each, Birthright and all those all those comics,” Hoult said. “But the one that I really rang…and I read a lot, but the one that I found myself picking up again a lot was Luthor Man of Steel. There was a lot in that just resonated with me.

Then it was just an exciting process because you know, going back to watching the previous movies, you know reading comics, reading books. Trying to understand Lex physically and emotionally and just dig into that to give, you know hopefully, a real performance that’s got real emotion and some good stuff grounding it and something that people will enjoy watching.” Holt

So it seems holt is going for a more complex Luthor who is not only aiming to destroy Superman but also learn to understand his purpose as well.

Article: https://comicbook.com/dc/news/nicholas-hoult-reveals-the-overlooked-comic-inspiration-for-his-lex-luthor-in-superman/

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