With unsubstantiated rumors that Bryan Cranston has been cast as Lex Luthor in Man of Steel‘s Batman-flavored sequel clogging up the Internet this week, we started thinking back to other, similar recent conversations.Whenever there’s a new comic book movie announced, there’s a brief period of time before casting is finished when fans and entertainment journalists hurry to try and figure out who’s going to get the jobs before they’re filled.Once in a while, though, one of those rumors or bits of speculation rings so true with fans that they seem to agree in truly impressive numbers that the rumor ought to be true. It’s why the Cranston thing has become so omnipresent: a lot of fans wanted to hear it, so when someone told them it was true, they got invested.But it’s not the first time. What are some other rumors/fantasies that have taken on a life of their own? Well, keeping it limited just to the recent past…!
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