And when seen from a certain perspective, he is.
There are other factors that remain a consistent part of Luthor’s personality: ego, selfishness, duplicity.
There’s a push among fanboys forBryan Cranstonto get the role, and those fanboys need to stop pushing.
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The fan-casting of Cranston is reaching dangerous levels where it’s almost being treated as a given.
But it cast Cranston as Lex Luthor because that’s as far as the author could see.
The Daily Dot sourcesCosmic Book News, a site I’d never even heard of until this morning.
That’s not a fact.
That’s a rumor.
It will become fact if Warner Bros. confirms it.
These fans look for physical resemblance first, and talent second.
Cranston couldn’t fit more perfectly into a simplistic ideal of what Lex Luthor should be.
The Emmy-winning actor has played a ruthless bald guy to perfection.
Walter White will go down as one of television’s most memorable characters.
Cranston’s acting talent is immense, and he looks good bald.
What more do you need?
For starters, you need a movie that has Lex Luthor in it.
That’s the big assumption: Luthor will be inMan of Steel 2.
This has been confirmednowhere.
While Luthor is a likely addition to the cast, we could still be surprised by his absence.
Then Nolan reinvented the character to the point where the only remaining characteristics were physical strength and a mask.
Cranston superficially fulfills those expectations.
However, let’s assume fans got what they wanted.
These are supposed to be adaptations, not transfers.
If you want a transfer, watchSin City, and then witness how unnecessary it is.
Instead of trying to get what youthinkyou want, be excited for the possibility of something new.
