Why is it hard to properly cast Lois Lane?!?

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Amy Adams is a wonderful actress IMO she’s one of all time very best. BUT… She’s not right for Lois Lane! Since the 70s they’ve got Lois right twice…

Margot Kidder- Superman I-IV

Dana Delany- Superman: The Animated Series (*Side Note: Dana would’ve been a perfect live action Lois as well!)

Lois is a spit-fire. She’s extremely confident (borderline cocky), extremely intelligent and extremely loving and caring underneath the facade she puts on. Actresses that can pull that off…

Natalie Portman, Keira Knightly, Jennifer Lawerence just to name a few.

Amy Adams, and Kate Bosworth before her are horrendous choices. Again, these women are fine actresses but they can’t pull off Lois Lane.

WHAT’S THE DEAL???

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MODS Please move my last two threads here to TV, Movies Etc PLEASE. I just wasnt thinking.

THANK YOU!!!

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To be fair, Lois is such a dynamic character, your best bet as a director would be to cast a very dynamic player, but that can also then translate to varied takes on the character. I loved Durance. She had the sass, the banter and the “take no nonsense” attitude down.

Also… moved this for ya!

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Yes my apologies. Erica Durance was about as perfect a Lois Lane as you can get. I can’t believe she slipped my mind.

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ALso thanks for the transfer :sunglasses:

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Absolute hard, HARD pass on Jennifer Lawrence. No, no, no.

She just plays the same character in every movie. Her character in American Hustle was hilarious and not in any way how she or the director (I forget his name offhand) intended. It was like watching a ten year old play “Adult” and act like their idea of a 40 year old.

I love the Lois’ so far to be honest. Especially Margot Kidder, Teri Hatcher and Dana Delaney.

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Just two good Lois Lanes?! You’re doing a grave disservice to Teri Hatcher, friend. She carried Lois & Clark on her back for 4 years. There’s a reason she got top billing over Superman.

Also, while not a traditional take, I love the manic energy Maria Bamford brings the character in the “Tales from Metropolis” shorts. (available here!)

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There’s a reason and it’s spectacular.

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Of course I mean her acting ability, and her chemistry with Dean Cain. Any time I’m watching L&C, any scene where she’s not on screen feels like dead air.

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Erica Durance was such a dream in Smallville, she played a great part but I still could never envision her as a Louis Lane, too modely lol

I agree that Amy Adams is a wonderful actress but I never sought Loius Lane as an irish princess. It didn’t work for me and this is from someone who loves Snyder’s work.

Kate Bosworth was boring in my opinion even though Brandon Routh was a great tribute Christopher Reeve.

I feel like Margot Kidder was finally outdone by Elizabeth Tulloch which is weird because she had such a small part in the Elseworlds crossover but I felt like she wasn’t too modely, she was just the right amount of believable and attitude like the Louis in the comics. Her likeness to a young Margot Kidder isn’t a bad thing either.

I’m not sure who I would cast as a Louis if I could pick anyone, never really thought about it. Maybe I’d go with someone young like India Eisley or Emma Dumont, just to mix it up.

I think alot it has to do with chemistry and the writing though. All the actrssess are talented so maybe they didn’t fail, I don’t know lol

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She’s a great Lois for sure. L&C
had great casting.

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@HCQ, that link didn’t go to anything. I assime it was the Seinfeld theme?

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*assume

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Ahhhh… I forgot Teri Hatcher, I thought she was eye candy when I saw her but I was little at the time. I don’t remember how believable she was. I know she was great in that one James Bond movie.

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I wasn’t a fan of Amy Adams as Lois. She comes off more like Lana Lang in the films. Personally I would’ve gone with either Rachel Weisz or Rebecca Hall. Both are amazing actresses but they can also pull off Lois’ no nonsense attitude but also bring something new to the role with their abilities.

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I really loved Amy Adams in MoS. She didn’t work for me in BvS or JL, but that might have just been because of the writing. In BvS they had her make questionable decisions and in JL she had such a small role.

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I loved Bitsie Tulloch’s Lois immediately. I think she’s perfect. And bonus, I think she looks like Gary Frank’s Lois!

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Jennifer Lawrence always seems kind of fake to me. She just doesn’t express emotion in a way that seems real to me, so I have never really enjoyed things that she plays in. Did a good Raven though.

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Damnit I forgot Terri Hatcher too (IDIOT!).

Ok 4 Lois Lanes since the 1970s. With the last two being awful choices!

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I only chose Lawerence because she’s sassy. But you’re right I’d never want to see her in the role.

So I now replace Jen Lawerence with… … … Lauren Cohan! She could definitely pull it off. Plus she already DCEU/Warner Bros ties.

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