"He's a great actor. I mean, some might say he's better than David in certain ways, but he just didn't fit the role, and that's why he didn't get that," the director said of Hoult, who plays Lex Luthor in the new movie.

James Gunn’s “Superman” is flying into theaters this month with David Corenswet in the title role and Nicholas Hoult as the villainous Lex Luthor. But that wasn’t the role Hoult auditioned for. The “Nosferatu” and “X-Men” star originally sought the role of Superman but lost out to Corenswet in auditions.

Nicholas Hoult raves about working with ‘wonderful’ Superman co-star David Corenswet at the film’s London premiere. Report by Bangurak. Like us on Facebook at and follow us on Twitter at

So it kind of goes without saying that David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult will be back after the events of Superman, in theaters July 11. But if you ask them about it, they aren’t so sure.

During an interview promoting his upcoming film, Gunn answered a question from “Jake’s Takes” Jake Hamilton about how his Superman might someday react to seeing the Dark Knight for the first time. After laughing at the thought,