Superman: Every Live-Action Lex Luthor Actor (& How Their Versions Differ)
Out of all the major villains in Superman's rogue's gallery, Lex Luthor is his ultimate opponent and has been in several live-action DC properties.
Bryan Singer's Superman Returns follows the events surrounding the hero's return to Earth after a five-year absence. When Superman (Brandon Routh) arrives back on Earth, he discovers that Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) has developed a plan to use kryptonite crystals to establish a new landmass that he intends to sell off to the highest bidder. With Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) now married with a child, Superman must come to terms with everything he left behind in order to stop Luthor's villainous scheme.
Out of all the major villains in Superman's rogue's gallery, Lex Luthor is his ultimate opponent and has been in several live-action DC properties.
Following a mysterious absence of several years, Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to Earth, but things have changed. While an old enemy plots to render Superman powerless once and for all, The Man of Steel faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman's bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space.
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