The news was all the rage August 2013, when reports surfaced that Emmy Award winning actor Bryan Cranston (who was aged with make-up and lost weight to play terminally ill 'Walter White' in AMC's "Breaking Bad") was in the running to play DC Comics villain 'Lex Luthor', should the character appear in director Zack Snyder's developing "Man Of Steel" sequel, with the working title "Batman Vs Superman".
Now the rumor has returned from a number of credible news sources, thanks to the continuing popularity of "Breaking Bad" and Cranston's positive relationship with both Warners ("Godzilla") and actor Ben Affleck ("Argo"), who will play 'Batman' in the new feature.
The original 'Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor', created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, debuted in "Action Comics" #23 (April 1940), with a full head of red hair, described as "...a power-mad, evil scientist" of high intelligence and incredible technological prowess. Luthor's goal of killing 'Superman' was to be a stepping stone to his evil domination of the universe.
In subsequent comic books, Luthor became hairless as the result of an artist's mistake. A 1960 story by Jerry Siegel expanded upon Luthor's origin and motivations, revealing him to be a childhood friend of Superman's who lost his hair when a fire destroyed his laboratory. Blaming Superman, Luthor vowed revenge.
In alternate versions of the character, Luthor became a wealthy industrialist, thanks to patents on his numerous inventions, but still possessed with a jealous and burning desire to rid the world of the 'Man Of Steel'.
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