Superman: The Art and Making of the Film<\/a> that he secured his Superman audition by directly messaging writer director James Gunn. Hoult explained, \u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve done this \u2013 I slid into James\u2019s DMs and I was like, \u2018Hey, excited to see what you\u2019re cooking up over there. If there\u2019s ever anything that I could be, you know, around for, let me know.\u2019\u201d He initially pursued the role of Superman, which led to a formal audition process, including trying on the suit during early testing.<\/p>\nThe book states that Hoult reached out before Gunn finalized casting. This happened while the production was still shaping designs and building its character lineup. His early involvement aligned with pre production work that included costume design, script adjustments, and concept art for David Corenswet\u2019s Superman and other characters.<\/p>\n
Hoult said he entered auditions wanting to \u201csee what it\u2019s like to work with James. I want to try on the Superman suit.\u201d He tested for the lead role, but Gunn later called to offer him Lex Luthor instead. Hoult recalled, \u201cHe was like, \u2018How would you feel about playing Lex Luthor?\u2019 I cackled. I did, I evilly cackled down the phone to him.\u201d He added that when he first read the script, \u201cThere was a small part of me in my gut or my instinct that went, it was like, \u2018I think you might be better and have more fun playing Lex.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The book presents his shift from Superman auditions to the role of Lex Luthor as a direct result of Gunn recognizing the fit. It also notes that Hoult appears alongside Corenswet\u2019s Superman in the film. The book confirms he is set to return in the sequel Man of Tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicholas Hoult spoke about one of the most talked about parts of his path into James Gunn\u2019s Superman.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,3838,85,46,12959,397,15657,13818,88351],"class_list":["post-143572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-james-gunn","tag-movies","tag-nicholas-hoult","tag-superman","tag-superman-the-art-and-making-of-the-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}