With any role in Hollywood, there are always a slew of names that are in contention. But apparently there was a pretty big one in the running for Zack Snyder’s Lex Luthor at one point: Leonardo DiCaprio.
In the latest episode of the “Happy, Sad, Confused” podcast, “Batman v. Superman” director Zack Snyder casually revealed that, while he talked to people like Adam Driver about the role, he also had conversations with the “Titanic” star.
“He had a lot of great ideas actually, just in the meeting,” Snyder said. “I think in the end, he was like ‘Eh, I don’t know.’ But he was really smart about the material and really smart about the character.”
Snyder also noted that DiCaprio inspired the idea of Superman (Henry Cavill) fighting the Justice League, which Snyder eventually did run with in the film.
More to come…
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