Before Jesse Eisenberg was cast as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, several websites were reporting that Bryan Cranston was Warner Bros.’ number one choice for the role of the criminal mastermind, with a couple even going as far as to say that he’d signed on for the part.
Well, according to Cranston himself, there was never any truth to it, with the actor telling MTV that: “There was not one conversation. It was all fan driven. They’re thinking, ‘who could play Lex Luthor? Who is bald and could be menacing? Oh, Walter White, we can get that guy.'”
Of course, it helped that these “scoops” came out around the time of Breaking Bad’s finale, ensuring a massive amount of interest in the story, and traffic for the sites in question. But, as with many superhero movie-related rumours, as it turns out it was nothing more than pure fabrication.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is set for release on March 25th 2016 and sees Zack Snyder directing a cast that includes returning Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill (Superman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Diane Lane (Martha Kent), Laurence Fishburne (Perry White), Harry Lennix (General Swanwick) and Christina Wren (Carrie Farris) alongside Ben Affleck (Argo) as Batman, Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious 6) as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) as Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Jesse Eisenberg (Now You See Me) as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) as Alfred Pennyworth and Jena Malone (Sucker Punch), Holly Hunter (The Piano), Callan Mulvey (300: Rise of an Empire), Tao Okamoto (The Wolverine) and Scoot McNairy (Argo) in as-yet-unrevealed roles.
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Originally published July 10, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
