One of the first Lex Luthors that Nicholas Hoult remembers seeing as a kid is the one played by Michael Rosenbaum on Smallville, the CW series featuring Tom Welling as Clark Kent/Kal-El in a high-school coming-of-age setting.

Nicholas Hoult’s journey to becoming the iconic Lex Luthor in the upcoming Superman movie was far from the norm. Specifically, because the respected actor was initially auditioning to play the lead role in the highly anticipated film.

The Animated Series , fans were treated to one of the most chaotic and compelling villain team-ups in DC history with Lex Luthor and the Joker. The 1997 three-part crossover “World’s Finest” kicked things off in Gotham,