{"id":39198,"date":"2023-03-16T00:02:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T04:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=39198"},"modified":"2023-03-15T19:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T23:41:03","slug":"my-fan-casting-for-james-gunns-superman-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/16\/my-fan-casting-for-james-gunns-superman-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"My Fan Casting for James Gunn\u2019s \u201cSuperman: Legacy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I, for one, am excited to see what director James Gunn is going to do with Superman in 2025 when \u201cSuperman: Legacy\u201d flies to theaters. I liked Henry Cavil as Superman, but with this new vision of the man of steel, there is a call for new blood. I, like every other comic book nerd and Superman geek, have compiled a list of actors I think should star in \u201cSuperman: Legacy.\u201d They all could and would bring something fresh to the table in what I am certain is going to be an epic return for Superman on the big screen.<\/p>\n

Let me know your own choices in the comments!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Superman\/Clark Kent – <\/strong>Darren Criss (Glee, American Horror Story)
\nDarren Criss has already voiced Superman and Clark Kent in a few animated movies, I think he\u2019d be excellent as the live action Clark Kent and Superman. As Clark he\u2019d be a great humble country boy who is a shockingly savvy reporter, while also working as the every man hero that is Superman. With his background he\u2019d be fantastic as a non-threatening defender of the weak, who stands up against criminals, madmen, and literal Gods. Criss has that boy next door energy where you could never picture him wearing a cape and tossing a tank in to the sun, but then one day he\u2019s there in full regalia as Metropolis\u2019 defender.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lois Lane<\/strong> – <\/strong>Camilla Mendes (Riverdale)
\nCamilla Mendes has already proven herself in \u201cRiverdale,\u201d and she\u2019s shown she could play the savvy, brainy, beautiful heroine in her interpretation of Veronica Lodge. I think she\u2019d kill it as Lois Lane, playing the smart mouthed, quick witted ace reporter who is relentless with the people she covers. If Mendes can lend complexity and depth to Veronica on a show like \u201cRiverdale,\u201d she\u2019d pull off the one liners and marvelous interplay with Clark Kent without a single hitch in a movie of pure substance and characterization.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Perry White<\/strong> \u2013 Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy)
\nMichael Rooker has always been great in these kinds of roles, and I think it\u2019s time we got back the loud mouthed, barking Perry White. I didn\u2019t enjoy the more soft spoken and subtle Perry\u2019s we got in \u201cSuperman Returns\u201d and \u201cMan of Steel.\u201d He should be a blowhard who is screaming at everyone, but is deep down a noble journalist who believes in what he\u2019s doing. Michael Rooker would be great in the role, and James Gunn loves working with him.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jimmy Olsen – <\/strong>Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Things)
\nThe Snyderverse already introduced us to an older Jimmy Olsen that was murdered on-screen (for fun<\/strong><\/em>), so I think it\u2019d be a great idea to retcon Jimmy as an brilliant freelance photographer who admires Lois Lane, and spends a great amount of time being berated by Perry White who secretly admires his ability to give him photographs that no one else at rival papers can. Caleb McLaughlin would kill it as Olsen.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lex Luthor<\/strong> – Glenn Powell (Top Gun: Maverick)
\nGlenn Powell is one of the best up and coming actors working today and he\u2019s more than proven himself to play a foil and or antagonist with considerable dimension. As Lex Luthor, he\u2019d be a scene stealer. I have always been a fan of the Lex Luthor who is part industrialist billionaire and part mad scientist and as Luthor he\u2019d be bold, cunning, despicable, but charming. He\u2019d be the perfect example of a human with a God complex who hates Superman for possessing the abilities of a God.<\/p>\n