'Kingsman' director Matthew Vaughn thinks his frequent collaborator Taron Egerton would be an 'amazing' Lex Luthor, and is also detailing his rejected Superman film pitch from years ago.
"Taron would make an amazing, intelligent villain with depth," the director said of his frequent collaborator, who often plays heroes.Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled.stepping into the role of Lois Lane.
"I think he'd be better as Lex Luthor," Vaughn said. "He'd be an amazing Luthor. He shouldn't be Wolverine. I don't think he's right for it. Hugh is brilliant as Wolverine, but I'd go back to the what the comics are… a small, grizzly tough guy. Hugh has made it so iconic that whoever's trying to do Hugh would be buggered. Taron would make an amazing, intelligent villain with depth.
Could Taron Egerton be a worthy successor to Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor? His 'Kingsman' director Matthew Vaughn thinks so.Egerton might have to go bald for the role, but at least he wouldn't have to wear a fake mustache again.
"Our big idea was this twist that Krypton doesn't blow up," Vaughn said of his and Millar's pitch. "It does, eventually. The dad was right, but he got his timing wrong. When Superman is grown up, suddenly there's a mass exodus and all hell breaks loose. That was our main idea." In addition to Luthor, Vaughn's Superman films would have featured Brainiac and Zod as villains. Zod was played by Michael Shannon inSuperman: LegacyWho is David Corenswet? Meet the new Superman for James Gunn's DC Universe
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