5 actors who could play the brain in the suite of James Gunn Superman

Basically, since “Superman” by James Gunn climbed in theaters this summer, the racing bet for the selection of the villain of the suite was Brainiac. Gunn himself can (the emphasis placed on can) I have just confirmed that Brainiac will appear in the continuation that we know now is called “Man of Tomorrow”.

Gunn shared a photo of the second finished project of “Man of Tomorrow” on Instagram. The cover page has a diagram of a human head, with an unusual brain. Ergo, BrainIAC.

Gunn said that “Man of Tomorrow” will be a two-mans between Superman (David Corenswet) and his enemies Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) where they have to work together against a common threat. What better enemy than a powerful extraterrestrial invader who wants to (generally) absorb knowledge of the earth and then destroy the planet? Gunn also listed Brainiac as a bad guy whom he planned to use for his first film “Superman”, before deciding that he had to be Lex.

Brainiac is generally represented as an extraterrestrial cyborg with green skin in purple and silver armor; Three knots of a circle on his head in a triangle arrangement form his badge. I trust that Gunn will not retain any details of comics if he actually uses Brainiac. (If there is no city in bottle of Kandor, what are we doing?)

In one way or another, Brainiac has never appeared in a live “Superman” film, even if they are “Superman” comics no. 2 villains after Luthor. This means that if he launches Brainiac, Gunn will have no previous cinema performance, the way all Superman actor is inevitably compared to Christopher Reeve. Brain has Appeared in several cartoons and video games, expressed by Corey Burton (in “Superman: The Animated Series” and thereafter “Justice League”), John Noble (in the animated film “Superman: Unbound”), Jason Isaacs (in the video game “Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League”), Michael Emerson (in Cartoon ” Superman “) and more. What do these voice -of -service performances tell us about what a live brain needs – and which actors can integrate?

James Gunn often brings actors from his old films or projects to his new ones. So, looking back at his past films, which actors seem the most brainiac-y?

The obvious answer is Chukwudi Iwuji, who played the similar extraterrestrial tyrant the great evolution in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.” But unfortunately, he is already in the DCU thanks to his role as Murn in “Peacemaker”.

So let’s go back to the first film “Guardians” instead, where Lee Pace played the ruthless Kree war, Ronan the accuser. According to his performance as Ronan with blue skin, we know that the rhythm can be worn in the makeup of the face painting and the extraterrestrial armor.

PACE is an actor of a wide range, and I think that “Creepy Robot Super-Villain” is part of this range. Before “Guardians”, I knew him like the Piemaker, a puppy, the puppy, in the series of fanciful procedure “Pusing Daisies”. As it is surprising to see it scoring it by playing a villain as subtle as Skeletor and having fun. He played in the dramatic series AMC “Halt and Catch Fire”, playing the cold, Don Draper-Esque Joe Macmillan, a computer seller in the Silicon Valley of the 80s.

Currently, Pace plays on the science fiction series “Foundation”, playing (several clones of) an evil interstellar emperor. For what it is worth, Brainiac often reproduces too. (Devin meenan)

David Oyelowo never disappoints as an actor. However, through the superhero film, he has not yet been recruited by Marvel or DC. Better late than never, because it could be an excellent choice for Brainiac (as suggested by my colleague / Cinema Ryan Scott).

Now, on the one hand, its most famous role is to play Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 biopic “Selma”. It is a world of cinema far from “Superman” and a character as far as possible. But that’s not all that Oyelowo can do. I will highlight its previous appearance in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” like Steven Jacobs, a CEO of detestable vine biotech and spitting that you like to hate.

Another sign of the Oyelowo range is that he is not only an actor on the camera, he is also trained in the voiceover. It makes sense, because he has a very beautiful voice (especially when he can use his natural British accent). In “Lion King” Cartoon “, the lion’s guard”, he expressed a ghostly scar and came as close to holding a candle to Jeremy Irons as any person. He also expressed the imperial agent Kallus in “Star Wars: Rebels”, whose party (initially) was up to his name. Oyelowo would be a particularly strong choice for a more emotional brain, like the one that Emerson expressed or that of the new comic strip “Absolute Superman” – a Brainiac which takes a sadistic joy, not a robotic uncondition, by achieving its destructive quest for knowledge. (Devin meenan)

“Deadpool & Wolverine” joked by saying that Marvel Studios will never refound Wolverine and will continue to bring Hugh Jackman back. (“Up to 90 years.”) The same could be said of Michael C. Hall that the killer of serial killers Dexter Morgan. Paramount / Showtime will not let “dexter” die; They have already tried once, then they changed their mind and brought it back.

If Hall can find time between “Dexter” shots, however, then many superman fans defend him as their choice for the Brainiac du Dcu. He essentially built his career by playing a comic strip super-villain, so he could as well play one where he obtained the appropriate costume. It would not be the first hall rodeo with DC either; He previously expressed a Vampire version of Batman in the 2015 animated film “Justice League: Gods and Monsters”.

What makes hall an competitor so serious here is his baritone voice, something that “Dexter” is already based with the internal monologue of his leader. Since Dexter is a sociopath who barely understands people but must blend with him, his inner voice seems flat and frightening but also perplexed, that is to say the perfect tone for a super intelligent but arrogant robot bad like Brainiac.

“Dexter” twists in the knots to make dexter more “heroic” than it really is; It is the most anxious sociopath on the market. With Brainiac, Hall could go on a full -fledged mesanner, without congestion by Dexter’s inconvenience. (Devin meenan)

Listen to me. Does Dave Bautista impose a man too physically in relation to the traditional representation of Brainiac in the comics? Yes. Because the whole Brainiac contract is that it is supposed to be an Superintelligent Android, so it does not need to be a great muscular villain – even if it has had a lot of big body of Mecha costume. Making Brainiac a large muscular guy can initially feel like a bad idea that ruins the character’s essence and simply transforms it into another villain that Superman can strike. But here is the key – tiny glasses.

Dave Bautista is undoubtedly the biggest wrestler who has become a living actor, not because of his mandate as Drax the destructive in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy. This is what Bautista was able to do after these most impressive films, especially when he uses his physique to play soft or even funny characters. As we saw in “Blade Runner 2049” and “Knock at the Cabin”, Bautista can get a lot of mileage of tiny glasses when creating a character. The DC universe of James Gunn left in a big start and rather silly, kissing comics from comics in a serious and sincere way. Having Dave Bautista plays the smartest being in the universe and giving it tiny glasses like a means for his brain to show his intelligence to the inhabitants of the earth because he believes that this is what humans associate with glasses – or even because he understands the secret identity of Superman and decides to copy Clark Kent and his hypno glasses – is just the kind of dimbs but Gunn is known. (Rafael Motamayor)

Of course, Lars Mikkelsen has already played a villain who is considered the smartest guy in the galaxy, but the key here is that Thrawn has blue skin while the brain has green skin. These are two completely different colors, so it’s very good.

But seriously, Mikkelsen has already proven that he has a very intimidating and dominant presence which inspires fear but can also be very attractive to an intellectual level. His representation of the Grand Admiral Thrawn in the two “Star Wars Rebels” as a vocal actor and also in the flesh in “Ahsoka” is fantastic and makes one of the best actors of “Star Wars”. Mikkelsen gives this character a calm behavior that makes him more threatening and accentuated how everyone he considers. Going from Lex Luthor extremely strong and aggressive in the first “Superman” to a Brainiac who is quieter and more calculated, almost welcoming to a certain extent, would make him a distinct but memorable comic strip. In addition, Mikkelsen already has experience with extensive body painting and heavy makeup. (Rafael Motamayor)