Gene Hackman has had one of the most diverse careers in Hollywood. While he was perhaps best known for his role as Lex Luthor ...

He came to acting in his late twenties, studying at the Pasadena Playhouse. He and his room-mate Dustin Hoffman were voted joint "Least Likely to Succeed". (Ironic, then, that Hackman lost out on the ...

One of the first big-screen iterations of Superman featured one of the most unusual versions of Lex Luthor that has ever been ...

Lex Luthor will be the main villain of James Gunn's Superman. While I'm looking forward to Nicholas Hoult's portrayal, I'm ...

After years on screen playing detectives, cowboys and killers, Clint Eastwood turned down the chance to play one iconic ...

To celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Man of Steel, Warner Bros. bundled four classic Christopher Reeve Superman films to ...

EL PAÍS reviews the roles that have caused the big headaches for major Hollywood stars, be it criticism for a fake accent or for failing to learn their lines ...

Another of Hackman’s many great contributions to cinema ... “I said, ‘You know, Gene, one thing that’s really essential in this is that Lex Luthor is bald. I think it would be a pain in the ass to ...

Nicholas Hoult had an odd reaction to being cast as Lex Luthor in Superman. According to the actor, who plays the primary antagonist in the director James Gunn's Superman reboot, he let out a "cackle" ...