Nicholas Hoult breaks down his take on Lex Luthor in the upcoming Superman, which sounds like the villain's most dangerous incarnation. Lex Luthor is Superman's arch enemy and has been interpreted in various ways by Gene Hackman, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Rossenbaum, and Jon Cryer, to name a few. Hoult, who originally auditioned for Superman, is tasked with putting a fresh spin on a villain that audiences have seen countless times.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Hoult broke down his vision of Lex Luthor. While many would call Luthor a mad scientist, director James Gunn described him as a "sorcerer of science," a description Hoult agrees with, saying he has such an understanding of technology that it seems to verge on supernatural. Hoult wanted Luthor to be intimidating, describing the character as "an alpha." Hoult acknowledged that he did draw some inspiration from tech moguls like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, but...