Leonardo DiCaprio could have played one of DC’s most famous villains

Various roles but no superhero films for Leonardo DiCaprio

From the beginning of his career, Leonardo DiCaprio has shown that he likes to vary genres and they fill very different roles. For example, you played a young swindler Stop me if you cana mercenary and drug trafficker Blood diamondthe director of the FBI in J. Edgara horrible plantation owner Django Unchained or an actor who wants to revive his career Once upon a time…in Hollywood.

However, Leonardo DiCaprio has never ventured into a particularly popular genre. So he didn’t do it he has never acted in a superhero film. However, in the words of Zack Snyder, he who is considered by many to be one of the best actors of his generation he could have played Superman’s main enemy.

The actor could have played Lex Luthor

As part of the promotion of Rebel Moon: Part 2: The SlasherZack Snyder recently appeared on the podcast Happy Sad Confused. The director specifically mentioned Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He revealed that he had considered entrust the role of Lex Luthor to Leonardo DiCaprio. To talk about the project you also met the actor. But the latter obviously he chose not to participate to the movie:

I think he finally thought, ‘Um, I’m not sure.’ But she approached the material and the character very intelligently. He had many good ideas. Also, when we met, I think he was the one who mentioned the idea of ​​Superman fighting the Justice League.

It therefore seems that Zack Snyder relied on the actor’s idea for one of the scenes of Justice League. In any case, the director also admitted that he spoke with Adam Driver about the possibility of playing Lex Luthor Batman vs. Superman. Ultimately, Jesse Eisenberg inherited the role.

Will he venture into the genre?

For his part, will Leonardo DiCaprio end up trying an experiment in the superhero genre? This seems unlikely. Let’s remember that one of the pieces of advice he gave to Timothée Chalamet was not to do it never make a superhero movie. A piece of advice that he himself has applied to his career so far. We’ll see if anyone can ever change their mind.

Source: Cine Serie

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