Bryan Cranston Talks Lex Luthor In BATMAN VS SUPERMAN

Bryan Cranston Talks Lex Luthor In BATMAN VS SUPERMAN

The fan favourite for Superman's bald headed bad guy has broken his silence on the role! Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston has revealed his views on playing the iconic villain and how close he was to the role. Hit the jump to check it out!

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By DEVLIN712 - Mar 04, 2014 08:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman vs. Superman
Source: mLive



Bryan Cranston, the man seen by most fans as THE man to play Lex Luthor on screen, has finally spoken about the role. In an interview this morning on The Howard Stern Show the Breaking Bad star revealed that while he would have loved to play the villain, he was never asked to do so.
When asked about the rumours he had this to say:
In the minds of fans, it's true, in the minds of the hierarchy of Warner Brothers, it's not true. I was not involved in any of that whatsoever.

When asked about how the role would have effected his career, he described it as, "a twenty, it's a life changing role", one that he'd have loved to take on.

Thanks to CBM's Brainiac3000 for the source! What do you think? Should Warner Bros. have offered Cranston the role? Or was Jesse Eisenberg the right choice? Sign off your thoughts on the news below!

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Klone
Klone - 3/4/2014, 8:49 AM
A tear roles down his eye upon reading the news of Eisenberg.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 3/4/2014, 8:52 AM
He was too old.....now we got a Guy who looks too young!!
ProfessorX
ProfessorX - 3/4/2014, 8:53 AM
"would have loved to play the villain, he was never asked to do so"
SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 3/4/2014, 8:54 AM
Maybe he could play Mr Freeze in a future Batman movie. Or Comissioner Gordon
ForeverPowerful
ForeverPowerful - 3/4/2014, 8:55 AM
What could have been...what could have been...
Pasto
Pasto - 3/4/2014, 8:56 AM
0mega
Lmao. Amen man, amen.
cipher
cipher - 3/4/2014, 8:56 AM
Pasto
Pasto - 3/4/2014, 9:02 AM
Ciph, how'd you get me resume?
r3negade
r3negade - 3/4/2014, 9:03 AM
This man should've been Lex!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 3/4/2014, 9:04 AM
Should have been you, Cranston.
Klone
Klone - 3/4/2014, 9:04 AM
Make him Gordon.
Klone
Klone - 3/4/2014, 9:05 AM
Walt in Season One even resembles Gordon in some ways. If you intentionally try to make Cranston look like Gordon I reckon he would nail it.
DelTorite
DelTorite - 3/4/2014, 9:05 AM
Just watch Marvel getting him a role lol.
cipher
cipher - 3/4/2014, 9:07 AM
Pasties- Well, I was gonna throw it out until I read that you "killed a hawk with a ninja star".

That's some badass shit. I'll let you throw a few at my neighbour's dogs.
DEVLIN712
DEVLIN712 - 3/4/2014, 9:09 AM
@Ciph
You know Pasto was aiming at something in the opposite direction and missed, right? The hawk was just in the wrong place at the wrong time
Pasto
Pasto - 3/4/2014, 9:09 AM
I am skilled in many areas Ciph. I am a ninja after all.
Pasto
Pasto - 3/4/2014, 9:09 AM
Shut up Dev, you don't know nothin.
theInvincibleMexiMan
theInvincibleMexiMan - 3/4/2014, 9:16 AM
I'd love to see him get the role of Gordon. He'd be perfect.
Tainted87
Tainted87 - 3/4/2014, 9:20 AM
The way he puts himself out there these days, I think he just wants to land in a memorable movie, not just be the only thing anyone remembers from it. He could have been a great Lex.
Enphlieuwince
Enphlieuwince - 3/4/2014, 9:20 AM
Lmao @ Gusto! I'd hate to know what you did with the mashed potatoes...

Yeah, Cranston wasn't even considered? That hurts but he's still available for Gordon, which I'd much rather see him do. I do believe he was too old but considering how things turned out... Only time will tell how smart of a decision it was.
fortycals
fortycals - 3/4/2014, 9:21 AM
I once nailed an opossum to the inside of my trashcan from my third story Window, with a crossbow bolt. The trash man had an awesome surprise the next morning cause it was still living.

I know him being involved wad bullshit , soon as they announced Jessie. They were looking for the complete opposite of Cranston.
Spidey10
Spidey10 - 3/4/2014, 9:23 AM
Half of what makes the Eisenburg shit so bad is having genuinely brilliant picks dangled in front of us only to get the ultimate Rick Roll

My thoughts exactly Omega
Danbojohnj
Danbojohnj - 3/4/2014, 9:24 AM
Comish Gordon please WB.
Spidey10
Spidey10 - 3/4/2014, 9:24 AM
Next were going to hear that Christain Bale wanted to come back but he didn't fit their vision
KentParker
KentParker - 3/4/2014, 9:25 AM
For these reason DC have only 2 good superhero movies in 40 years, SUPERMAN and TDK.
DCfan638
DCfan638 - 3/4/2014, 9:27 AM
I think Phoenix would have been perfect, but Eisenberg will deliver a very fresh, new take on the character that neither readers nor gen audience have seen before. I think this is what Luthor needs right now. Lex Luthor: Man of Steel was a very relatable and humanizing take I hope they consider.

In All-Star Superman, I love:

  • How they show him working out (his ambition is to be the true modern Renaissance man, it only makes sense),

  • The scene where he fakes his death (it was perfect, and fits the character), and

  • How they show a Lex hideout with his costumes through the years


Snyder likes paying homage to the history of his DC characters, so even though Eisenberg is playing Luthor, I hope they incorporate some of these elements in there.
TheGreenRanger
TheGreenRanger - 3/4/2014, 9:29 AM
There would have been no better Lex than Cranston himself.... I feel so bummed everytime I think about it...
TheCipherSpectre
TheCipherSpectre - 3/4/2014, 9:31 AM
Evening mates!

Just a little dead and tipsy that's all.
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