Overview

• On July 29, Gunn shared that a 12-year-old Lex Luthor created Mr. Handsome in a Petri dish in a bid to make a human.
• The director named Mr. Handsome his favorite minor character and said he may be the only being Lex truly cares for, as shown by a desk photo.
• Trevor Newlin portrays Mr. Handsome in a brief scene transporting a captured Superman into Luthor’s pocket-dimension prison.
• Gunn said he wishes the full backstory had made it into the final cut, even if only as a throwaway gag.
• The revelation has generated renewed fan interest as Superman continues its theatrical run and the DC Universe rollout proceeds.