Zachary Levi Breaks Silence on Losing Lex Luthor Role

The DCEU’s Shazam actor was once almost cast as Lex Luthor.

ShazamactorZachary Leviwas once up for the role ofLex Luthorin The CW’s originalSupermanseriesSmallville.

Star Tom Welling even teasedplans in 2021 to bring the influential show back for an animated spin-off.

Lex Luthor, Zachary Levi

I originally auditioned for Superman…

Didn’t get it.

Wasn’t meant to me, wasn’t meant to be.

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But at the audition for Superman, they go, ‘Hey listen, you did a great job.

But we actually think you’re more Lex Luthor.

Would you mind taking a look at these sides?’

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And I was like, ‘OK.'"

It was all happening, and then it didn’t.

And obviously, I say that with a little bit of a wink.

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But truthfully, it wasn’t meant to be.

The things that don’t work out in our lives, guys, are actually working outforus.

I’m not saying, like, ‘Hey, that should be fine, just move past it!’

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Metabolize whatever dark shit happens in your life.

But that’s the hard stuff that we have to go through.

So anyway, not to tangent too much…

So that was ultimately my auditioning journey with Smallville."

We all went into The WB with Zach to be Lex.

That audition was kind of a disaster.

In leaving the audition, I remember thinking ‘Oh, that was the biggest chance of his life.’

And then he went on to incredible success.

So you just never know."

So, clearly, Levi is an actor with deep roots and a firm interest in the superhero genre.