Leonardo DiCaprio’s well-known aversion to starring in comedian e book motion pictures made him a hero amongst cinephiles who resented the style’s popular culture dominance within the 2010s. However whereas the Oscar winner by no means took on a Marvel or DC function, Zack Snyder mentioned he was as soon as keen to contemplate it.
In a brand new look on the “Blissful Unhappy Confused” podcast, Snyder revealed that he met with DiCaprio in regards to the function of Lex Luthor in “Batman v. Superman: Daybreak of Justice” that in the end went to Jesse Eisenberg. Whereas DiCaprio ended up turning down the chance, Snyder was impressed by his thoughtfulness in regards to the comedian e book supply materials.
“He had a variety of nice concepts really, simply within the assembly,” Snyder mentioned of DiCaprio. “I feel ultimately, he was like ‘Eh, I don’t know.’ However he was actually good in regards to the materials and actually good in regards to the character.”
Although DiCaprio by no means suited up as the enduring comedian e book villain, Snyder mentioned that the actor’s artistic affect was nonetheless felt on his DC motion pictures. The “Insurgent Moon” director defined that DiCaprio pitched him on the thought of Superman turning in opposition to his fellow heroes, a storyline that Snyder in the end labored into “Justice League.”
“He was the one which talked about to me this concept about Superman combating the Justice League sooner or later,” he mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘Oh, that’s cool… that’s good, I’m going to place that over there, that’s gonna occur.’”