Before winning the role of the villain, Lex Luthor, Nicholas Hoult, had an eye on the hero, Superman.
Nicholas Hoult and David Corenswet stopped Jimmy Kimmel Live! To promote their next film, Superman, which was produced and written by James Gunn. The guest host, Diego Luna, asked them questions about their hearing process.
“It is very annoying. Yes, I auditioned for Superman,” replied Hoult before Corenswet added that they audition “same day” and crossed.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed in 2023 that Hoult was one of the finalists in the role of Superman. However, the room went to Corenswet.
“I came out of doing one of my hearing scenes, and I said to myself:” Yeah, not bad. OK “, and I walked around the corner, and there were a lot of shadows on the studio, then a ray of sunshine,” recalls Hoult. “David had sat in this ray of sunshine and was seated there, loading the sun as Superman does, obtaining his power.”
THE Handicap The actor continued: “I went to say hello, and he got up, and I said to myself:” Fucking, he is about an inch more than me. Look at her hair. Look at his jaw. And then he started talking, and I shook his hand, and I said to myself: “His hands are a little bigger than me.” And then he spoke, and I said to myself: “Oh, his voice is a little deeper too.” And at that time, when we shake hands, I said to myself: “I would be happy if this guy was Superman.
Corenswet added that he “admired Nick as an actor for a long time” and that the withdrawal when they were “both dressed in Clark Kent” was “a little bizarre” but “wonderful”. However, he said: “The day I discovered that he had agreed to play Lex Luthor, I thought:” It may be the best thing that happens to this film because a superhero is as interesting as their villain. “”
SupermanWho also features Rachel Brosnahan in the role of Lane laws, will be released in theaters on July 11.
