![]() After The Umbrella Academy season 1, somewhat of an anti-Luther movement began, with fans believing his controlling personality and toxic behavior was instrumental in Vanya triggering the apocalypse. Luther wearing shirts isn't the reason so many The Umbrella Academy viewers have failed to empathize with the character. But when Luther does occasionally strip off, there's still that moment of shock and realization where the viewer remembers his whole gorilla ordeal, and are reminded of what Number One lost as a member of the Umbrella Academy. For other characters, the emotional scars are clear and constant Klaus' addiction is always apparent, and Ben's spectral form is a sure sign that he's still dead. On TV, it's more like "out of sight, out of mind." Since Luther looks relatively normal 95% of the time (like he went way too hard at the gym), it's easy for the audience to lose sight of why he's hurting. In the comic books, readers are reminded of Luther's accident with each and every panel he appears in. From a behind-the-scenes point of view, The Umbrella Academy's Luther change is completely understandable - having one of the main cast constantly wearing the upper half of gorilla sounds expensive, impractical, and probably wouldn't translate well into live-action.īut constantly obscuring Luther's physical differences with over-sized pastel shirts also makes the character harder to feel sorry for. Tom Hopper, on the other hand, merely pops on an XXXL shirt, and his deformities are covered. Most of the time, Netflix's Luther looks like a very big man, not the subject of a dangerous and experimental scientific procedure that fundamentally rewrote his DNA. Spaceboy has no choice but to parade around topless, his physical alterations on display for the entire world. ![]() In the source material, Luther's head is grafted onto the body of a giant alien ape. However, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy makes an all-important alteration to Luther compared to the original comic books by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. Related: Umbrella Academy: Why Season 3 May Have Killed Off The Original Academy When Luther and Allison were growing close as teens, he possessed a certain swagger as Reginald's "Number One." In the present, Luther has all but given up on Allison - partly because he believes no one can love that carpeted, ape-like chest. ![]() Luther's animalistic appearance has also destroyed his confidence. The hair-covered primate torso serves as a constant reminder of the price Luther paid as Sir Reginald's only loyal child, and alienates him even further from the other Hargreeves kids. Naturally, this unwanted physical transformation became a source of pain for Luther. ![]()
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