10 Upcoming Movies That Made PERFECT Casting Choices
9. Wendell Pierce - Perry White (Superman)
To be fair, the casting choices for James Gunn's Superman could more-or-less fill up this entire list, but here's one that hasn't been praised nearly enough.
The Wire's brilliant Wendell Pierce will portray the Daily Planet's esteemed editor Perry White in the movie, and for anyone who's seen the man act, it requires precisely zero imagination to see him absolutely knocking this role out of the park.
Pierce's enormous screen presence and easy charisma make him a perfect fit for White as he's typically portrayed - authoritative and yet exasperated by all the shenanigans unfolding around him.
Pierce certainly has some big shoes to fill, following the memorable live-action performances by Jackie Cooper, Lane Smith, Michael McKean, Frank Langella, and most recently Lawrence Fishburne, but he also unquestionably has the chops - and then some - to pull it off.
While Pierce was barely noticeable in the film's first trailer, he did recently post a photo of himself on-set and in-character, while chomping on a cigar no less.