12 YEARS A SLAVE And THE NEWSROOM Actor To Play Young 'Lucius Fox' In GOTHAM

12 YEARS A SLAVE And THE NEWSROOM Actor To Play Young 'Lucius Fox' In GOTHAM

Gotham continues to add some recognisable names from the comic books to its cast, and it's now Lucius Fox (played by Morgan Freeman in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy) who looks set to shake up the world of the future Batman. Read on for casting details and a description...

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By JoshWilding - Mar 06, 2015 04:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Gotham
Source: Deadline
Deadline reports that Chris Chalk has joined the cast of Gotham as Lucius Fox. He will first appear in season one's twenty first episode with an option to return in the already confirmed second season. According to the description provided by the site, this take on the DC Comics character will be, "Wayne Enterprise’s resident tech genius. In a corporation shadowed by nefarious dealings, Fox emerges as a moral beacon for young Bruce Wayne. His desire to help Bruce uphold Thomas Wayne’s legacy will eventually earn him a spot as one of the boy’s most important confidantes." That relationship was obviously well explored in The Dark Knight Trilogy, but it should be very interesting to see how it plays out between a younger Bruce and Lucius. What do you guys think? 
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ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 3/6/2015, 4:58 PM
This dude is a really solid actor. I like this casting!
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 3/6/2015, 4:59 PM
Calling it, the Wayne board members are exposed for their corruption and are all fired , with Fox taking the head position.

Oh and to the Mr. Chalk:
Wannabe
Wannabe - 3/6/2015, 4:59 PM
It's coming together.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 3/6/2015, 5:01 PM
He also played the antagonist in Homeland season 1. He was intense as hell in that role
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 3/6/2015, 5:06 PM
Oh [frick]....

I'm sure he's a great actor, but this show blows unless they time jump ahead 10 or more years next season....
ShadowakaTankD
ShadowakaTankD - 3/6/2015, 5:07 PM
TAKE NOTES HOLLYWEIRD.

Has nothing to do with the article but i thought it was badass all the same.
yonny616
yonny616 - 3/6/2015, 5:08 PM
@DrKinsolving Why do they need to do that? The show is fine and easily one of the better CBTV shows on air.
Itsbeenfun
Itsbeenfun - 3/6/2015, 5:12 PM
@MisterBatfleck

Indeed.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 3/6/2015, 5:13 PM
Hey guys

Remember when this show was terrible?

Oh wait. It wasn't.
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx - 3/6/2015, 5:16 PM
The show isn't good IMO, but he's a great actor. Hopefully he gets better roles than this!
Axiom
Axiom - 3/6/2015, 5:19 PM
this show is horrible. Cancel this crapfest.

DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 3/6/2015, 5:20 PM
@yonny616

To each his own, not a fan of this show
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 3/6/2015, 5:21 PM
LOL! I love how this show is just killing it!
BravoBoss
BravoBoss - 3/6/2015, 5:28 PM
Am I the only one that will be curious by the age differences of everyone? Like some people being too old or too young by the time bruce is actually batman?
Oxbow
Oxbow - 3/6/2015, 5:33 PM
it's like they stole the more interesting half of this show from Kevin Smith and Paul Dini on that podcast.

@ShadowakaTankD however, made this thread totally worthwhile! I wish HBO or somebody else with money and balls to spare would give Akira the GoT treatment and just do the manga right.
Axiom
Axiom - 3/6/2015, 5:36 PM
@BravoBoss - like Two-Face being about 20 years older than Bruce? Or the dollmaker? They ran themselves into a wall introducing everyone and their mothers (looking at you Penguin) in an attempt to make the show interesting. Hoping people would get by with nonsensical cameos created to disguise a very shitty story. Or Smith's overacting.

And to think we could have gotten a GCPD series instead of this.
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 3/6/2015, 5:39 PM
Are we talking childhood young or early twenties young (like how Lucius was portrayed in Earth One)?
MyNameIsKhan
MyNameIsKhan - 3/6/2015, 5:45 PM
Well with Fish being gone and this solid addition, I think the show's future is promising.
Kyos
Kyos - 3/6/2015, 6:08 PM
He makes sense to join the story, I like it. My appreciation for the show is kind of on the decline again, though. Mostly due to too much Fish Mooney.

Without her and certain other things I might'Ve really liked it. But we can still get to that. Season 2 might have an Arrow S2 effect on me, who knows?
McGee
McGee - 3/6/2015, 6:33 PM
*sigh*

I really wish these black actors would stop stealing white people roles.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 3/6/2015, 6:36 PM






ShadowakaTankD
ShadowakaTankD - 3/6/2015, 7:00 PM
@OxBow

Yea man that would be amazing. I really want to see it done right. They could if they wanted to. Their are many american films with Asian casts and it works. I dont see why they couldnt think of it like that.

Sure put white people in there(Not the main characters though) mix it up but it doesnt HAVE to be neo new york or somthing like that. and after ww3 how is it NOT plausible that japan wouldnt be THE major power. The future is unpredictable.

And if they gave it the kind of love that GoT gets it would be the most compelling thing on TV.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 3/6/2015, 7:06 PM
The Newsroom was a great show.
Null
Null - 3/6/2015, 7:10 PM
I was wondering when they were going to introduce him. Been waiting...

Love this show.
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 3/6/2015, 7:50 PM
@CaptShipwreck - "Show is good , they should flash forward to Bruce's mid teen years next season"

Agreed. Still wish Gotham was set in a different decade, so they'd flash forward towards present day and wouldn't be flashing forward into the future. Granted, Parks & Rec. flashed forward to 2017 (the finale flashed forwarded several times) and they made it work, but that was the final season.

With Bruce being 12 yrs old, they'd need to flash forward at least ten yrs before Bruce is old enough to become Batman. I'm not sure they could pull it, but it could be neat if they occasionally show scenes from the future a la Breaking Bad.
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 3/6/2015, 8:41 PM
Thats not Morgan Freeman.
grif
grif - 3/6/2015, 9:10 PM
trash. just another reminder that batman is not on the show
McGee
McGee - 3/6/2015, 11:58 PM
I'm with MrChuff above me. The guy who does my dry cleaning, Mr. Who, watches Gotham?
SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 3/7/2015, 2:09 AM
Nice. Love this character
Verzwei
Verzwei - 3/7/2015, 6:44 AM
I was expecting a white Lucius Fox! HURR DURR...

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