Zack Snyder Met with Leonardo DiCaprio About Lex Luthor Role in ‘Batman v. Superman’: ‘He Had a Lot of Great Ideas’

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Zack Snyder Met with Leonardo DiCaprio About Lex Luthor Role in ‘Batman v. Superman’: ‘He Had a Lot of Great Ideas’

Leonardo DiCaprio’s famous aversion to starring in comic book movies made him a hero among cinephiles who resented the genre’s pop culture dominance in the 2010s. But while the Oscar winner never took on a Marvel or DC role, Zack Snyder said he was once willing to consider it. In a new appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Snyder revealed that he met with DiCaprio about the role of Lex Luthor in “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” th…