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Nicholas Hoult On How He Found Out He Lost ‘The Batman’ Role To Robert Pattinson: “It’s An Emotional Blow”
Nicholas Hoult was destined for the DC Universe, but before landing the role of Lex Luthor in James Gunn's Superman, he suffered an "emotional blow" when he found out he wasn't going to star in Matt Reeves' The Batman.
Nicholas Hoult was destined for the DC Universe, but before landing the role of Lex Luthor in James Gunn’s Superman, he suffered an “emotional blow” when he found out he wasn’t going to star in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. In a new interview, the Skins alum opened up about discovering Robert Pattinson was landing the role of The Dark Knight. Gunn would eventually cast Hoult in the Lex Luthor role and his audition process was different after the director discovered what happened in The Batman.
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