{"id":31203,"date":"2013-11-14T17:43:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T22:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=31203"},"modified":"2021-02-05T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T15:53:19","slug":"more-batman-vs-superman-rumors-oquinn-vs-purefroy-as-luthor-flash-and-wonder-woman-cameos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/14\/more-batman-vs-superman-rumors-oquinn-vs-purefroy-as-luthor-flash-and-wonder-woman-cameos\/","title":{"rendered":"More BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN Rumors: O&#8217;Quinn Vs. Purefroy as Luthor, Flash and Wonder Woman Cameos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vote-lex-luthor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31204\" alt=\"vote-lex-luthor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vote-lex-luthor-550x275.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vote-lex-luthor-550x275.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vote-lex-luthor-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/vote-lex-luthor.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>I truly believe that Warner Brothers is engaging in psychological warfare with the film world&#8217;s rumor mongers. Because we get another spate of rumors today for <strong>Batman vs. Superman <\/strong>that contradict rumors that came before.<\/p>\n<p>This time the media outlet is <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150315203308\/http:\/\/www.comicbookmovie.com\/fansites\/nailbiter111\/news\/?a=90019\">ComicBookMovie<\/a>, one of the more reliable sites on the web, and their source at Warner Brothers offers up different rumors than we&#8217;ve heard before.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CBM&#8217;s sources state that Terry O&#8217;Quinn, who was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/13\/are-tom-hanks-and-terry-oquinn-up-for-lex-luthor\/\">rumored to be on the short list to play Lex Luthor<\/a>, was never considered for the role.<\/li>\n<li>However, the source says that <strong>The Following<\/strong>&#8216;s James Purefroy was offered the role, and Purefroy turned them down flat. &#8220;Wanted nothing to do with it&#8221; is how they put it. At least he rejected the role before filming started (~cough cough~<strong>V for Vendetta<\/strong>~cough cough~)<\/li>\n<li>The source says that the film&#8217;s take on Lex Luthor mirrors the way the character was presented in the comics post-John Byrne reboot.In other words, he will be a successful business man, charismatic and loved by the general populace, who considers Superman to be a dangerous alien threat and that he&#8217;s the only one who could combat it. I hope this is true. It would be better than the genocidal land grab schemes that defined the character in previous film incarnations.<\/li>\n<li>The Flash is set to cameo in the film, but in his civilian identity. Who will play him? Well, according to the source, that depends on how well Grant Gustin&#8217;s appearance as Barry Allen, a.k.a. Flash, goes on <strong>Arrow. <\/strong>If his appearance on that TV show goes well, then he will reprise the role in the film, leading to a more cohesive union between DC&#8217;s film and television&#8217;s empires. If it doesn&#8217;t go over as well, then the film Flash will be recast and the film and TV worlds will remain separate.<\/li>\n<li>Wonder Woman is also set for only a cameo, not a lead as has been so widely bandied about, also in her civilian identity of &#8220;Diana.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>So that means Gig Gadot,\u00a0 \u00c9lodie Yung, and Olga Kurylenko <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/08\/so-what-batman-vs-superman-role-is-warners-testing-actresses-for\/\">are auditioning<\/a> to play Bruce Wayne&#8217;s love interest, right? Wrong, says CBM&#8217;s souces. They say that Warners is looking for an African-American actress to cast in that role, and that the love interest will be someone who has been with Bruce a while, someone he trusts and knows his secret identity. (My guess, if these rumors prove true, they&#8217;re auditioning for Talia Al&#8217; Ghul)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, since I think Warners is deliberately leaking false information by this point, we have to take every rumor with a bowling ball-sized grain of salt. But at least it gives us something to talk about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">I love it when rumors contradict other rumors. <\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/14\/more-batman-vs-superman-rumors-oquinn-vs-purefroy-as-luthor-flash-and-wonder-woman-cameos\/\" title=\"More BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN Rumors: O&#8217;Quinn Vs. 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