Y ou’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who’s seen the new Superman movie and had many, if any, negative feedback about the performance Nicholas Hoult gave as Lex Luthor. Looking back, Hoult was essentially the perfect actor to cast in the pivotal role, and is primed to be a key piece of potential sequels to Superman.

James Gunn has revealed the backstory of Superman's weirdest character – and it's made me wish we saw more of him in the movie. "When people ask me my favorite character from Superman it just might be Mr. Handsome. Lex created Mr. Handsome in a Petri dish when he was 12 – he was trying to make a human," Gunn wrote on Bluesky.

Lex Luthor is the billionaire genius who views Superman as a threat and will stop at nothing to undermine him.