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Meanwhile, Gene Hackman, who had finished the majority of his scenes playing Lex Luthor, left the project following the departure of Richard Donner. After replacement director Richard Lester took over production, a Fake Shemp [6] was used to finish Hackman's remaining scenes. This was accomplished by an uncredited actor standing in for Hackman ...
Hackman showed a talent for both comedy and the "slow burn" as criminal mastermind Lex Luthor in Superman: The Movie (1978), a role he would reprise in its 1980 and 1987 sequels. 1980s [ edit ]
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor: Criminal genius and Superman's archnemesis. Armed with vast resources and scientific brilliance, Luthor's contempt for mankind is only surpassed by his hatred for Superman. Luthor strikes a bargain with the three Kryptonian criminals in an effort to destroy Superman. [10]
He then revealed that he was actually referring to Gene Hackman, who played Lex Luthor in Richard Donner’s 1978 film Superman and its 1980 sequel Superman II.
In the past, Luthor has been played by Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, Jesse Eisenberg and, in the TV show Smallville, Michael Rosenbaum. According to reports, Corenswet won the role of Superman over ...
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor. Hackman also provides the voice of Nuclear Man [9] Mark Pillow as Nuclear Man [9] [10] Jackie Cooper as Perry White; Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen; Jon Cryer as Lenny Luthor; Sam Wanamaker as David Warfield; Mariel Hemingway as Lacy Warfield; Margot Kidder as Lois Lane [11] Damian McLawhorn as Jeremy; William Hootkins ...
Jon Cryer , the Emmy-winning co-star of Two and A Half Men , will return to primetime television to play the scheming, evil genius Lex Luthor as a recurring character on the CW series Supergirl .
Disguised as reporter Clark Kent, he adopts a mild-mannered disposition in Metropolis and develops a romance with Lois Lane (Kidder) while battling the villainous Lex Luthor (Hackman). Ilya Salkind had the idea of a Superman film in 1973 and, after a difficult process with DC Comics, the Salkinds bought the rights to the character the following ...