73 Questions with Lara Luthor
(In case you don’t know, Vogue does a 73 question interview with celebrities. I already had this image and thought it would be fun to do this!)
1. What’s your favorite time of day?
Probably just before I go to bed. Just sitting in bed and getting work done while having things go on in the background is very relaxing to me.
2. What’s your biggest weakness?
I’m such a people pleaser. Like the “if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you” thing was used a lot by my dad when I was a kid.
3. What’s your biggest strength?
If I find something or someone I like I tend to bite on and not let go like a rabid dog. I need to know everything about it and be the best at it.
4. What’s the biggest learning experience you’ve had?
I remember having this one school project as a kid where I was trying to grow two seeds next to each other to see what the roots would do when they grew because I was convinced they would enter twine and create a new plant or something (in retrospect I have no clue what I was thinking). The thing is it took forever to get the dang things to grow in the plastic cup I was using and I actually started to panic a bit as we got closer to the due date. The day of came and I was ready to plead on my hands and knees for a good grade when I woke up and saw that the roots had grown and the two were kinda dancing around each other.
Long story short, patience is important in anything and worrying doesn’t do anything but stress you out.
5. What’s your idea of a perfect date?
You know, I’d love to go camping on a beach with someone. Have a nice picnic, go on a walk together, then go to sleep in a tent listening to the waves together.
6. What’s one vice you wish you could give up?
Energy drinks and coffee. I’ve got such a caffeine addiction I actually get shaky if I go too long without it.
7. What’s a cause that’s important to you?
I’ve got a couple actually but the big ones that I’ll go on rants about are children’s advocacy especially for kids in the foster care system, gay rights, and equal pay and treatment for women in the workforce (especially in STEM.)
8. What’s the best compliment you have ever received?
I had a little girl come up to me once and ask if I was a princess. I almost sobbed in the car later.
9. When do you feel the most inspired?
God that’s a hard one. I’d have to say when something about a problem or a puzzle or anything like that finally clicks. The high from figuring something out I couldn’t before will get me going for at least a day.
Depends on the day but I’d probably say sweet usually.
11. What song can you listen to on repeat?
I’ve been listening to Dark Lady by Cher a lot recently so probably that?
12. What makes you smile the most?
Probably my dog. She’s a little mess of a thing and just existing around her makes me happy.
13. What’s one thing people don’t know about you?
Not quite something people don’t know about me but something they forget is that I grew up on a farm for my first six years of life. I get this reputation for being delicate and breakable but I used to climb trees and try to race the horses to the other side of the paddock.
14. Heels or flats or sneakers?
Heels but if my feet get tired then sneakers.
Vintage just because it tends to mean more to me. I’ll get a lot of new clothes but getting an old pair of vintage shoes makes me feel connected to someone I may have never even known.
16. What are three things you can’t live without?
The internet, coffee, and my allergy medications.
17. Window or aisle seat?
18. What’s your current tv character obsession?
I’ve been rewatching *Chuck* for the millionth time and Casey is my favorite.
Lace. I always feel way too uncomfortable in leather.
20. What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done in your life?
Maybe my study abroad? At the time it felt like I was jumping into an entirely different world on my own for the first time.
21. How would you define yourself in three words?
Curious, preppy, passionate
22. What’s your current favorite piece of clothing that you own?
I recently got a pink suit jacket from Antonio Melani and I’m obsessed.
23. What’s a must-have clothing item everyone should own?
I’m convinced everyone should have a good white undershirt.
24. What’s inspiring you in life right now?
My dad is always my biggest inspiration.
25. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve received?
Not received but I love this one Robin Williams quote that says, “you’re only given one spark of madness. Don’t lose it.”
26. What’s your pet peeve?
People that overfill the trash can and don’t take the trash out when it’s full are my worst enemies.
Diamonds. They’re a girl’s best friend after all.
28. What’s something you notice about someone when you first meet them?
How they carry themselves I think. It usually sets up how I’m going to carry myself so I like to pay attention to that.
29. What’s your biggest regret?
I hate to say I don’t know but I regret a lot. I guess I regret being really hard on myself because everything I do wrong feels like a major regret.
30. What’s heavily played on your playlist right now?
Been listening to Edge of Seventeen a lot lately.
31. What’s your favorite board game?
Battleship. If you ever get the chance to play it with my dad I highly recommend it because he gets very into it and lights up like a damn kid when he sinks a ship.
32. What’s your guilty pleasure?
Potato chips. I will devour a party sized bag if I’m not paying attention.
33. What book did you most recently finish?
Hedy’s Folly by Richard Rhodes. I’ve always been fascinated by Hedy Lamarr and when I found this book I just had to read it.
34. What are you currently reading?
The Great Gatsby. I got to see the musical and fell in love with it all over again.
35. How do you start your day?
Doomscrolling for fifteen minutes, getting up and going through a skincare routine, getting ready for the day and then drinking about two cups of coffee before heading out.
36. What’s your favorite holiday?
Halloween. Any excuse to dress up is an excuse I will take.
37. If you could raid one woman’s closet, who would it be?
38. If you could switch lives with one person for a day, who would it be?
I don’t actually know. Who’s currently dating Jason Momoa?
39. What’s one thing you’ve always wanted to try but you’ve been too scared to do?
Not quite scared to do it but I wish I could learn ballet, but I’m also afraid of messing up my feet. Apparently I have a high score on Wikifeet and I don’t know why but I’m proud of that?
40. What’s the one thing you wish you knew at age 19?
It’s ok for everything to not be perfect. In fact, it’s almost impossible for things to be perfect all the time.
41. Besides your phone or wallet, what are a couple of must have handbag items?
A mint or two just in case and some lipstick for a refresh. Also some Zyrtec if you’re me.
42. If you were not an engineer, what would you be doing?
I mean if we’re going crazy I’d say I’d want to be an astronaut, but realistically I’d probably go into modeling full time.
43. What’s something you can’t do?
I can’t roll my r’s. I’ve done everything I can but it just doesn’t work.
44. Where was the best vacation you’ve ever taken?
Definitely this cruise around Greece I went on. As someone practically raised on Greek mythology it was like a dream come true.
45. What’s one city you’ve always dreamed of travelling to?
Probably Buenos Aires realistically but I’d love to see Themyscera. Though I doubt with my family history that they’d let me in.
46. What’s something you always travel with?
AirPods. I cannot survive without music playing while I travel.
50. What’s a movie that made you cry?
Father of the Bride gets me every single time. Especially the end.
51. What’s your favorite movie of the last five years?
The Barbie Movie. I’d kill to see it for the first time again.
52. What’s the one talent you wish you had?
I wish more than anything that I was good at art. My mom was an artist and if I could ever create something like her it would mean a lot.
53. What’s your favorite exercise?
I mean I’ll tend to do several sets on the rowing machine if I can.
54. What’s your favorite band?
It’s a three way tie between three very different groups. Queen, Abba, and The Fratellis who a good friend of mine introduced me to.
55. What’s your favorite fast food order?
Chicken strips, fries, and a medium Diet Coke.
56. What’s something you don’t want to be doing in 10 years?
Still living in my dad’s shadow. I love him but I want to make my own mark on the world.
57. What’s the cutest thing on planet earth?
Baby. Seals. I would die for seals.
58. What’s the best thing that happened this year?
I mean, we’re only halfway through but probably this. I’ve wanted to do Vogue for a long time.
59. What’s your favorite cocktail?
60. Which movie makes you laugh the hardest?
Maybe Clueless because it’s like watching myself in high school again.
61. What do you usually eat for dinner?
Some type of pasta usually.
62. What do you usually eat for lunch?
Whatever is open and near LexCorp when I’m on my break. So I get a LOT of Panera.
63. What do you usually eat for breakfast?
I’m actually not much of a breakfast person! Just coffee is all I need for me to get up and go.
64. What’s your favorite thing in the world?
Building things. It’s like meditation.
65. What’s your favorite color?
66. What color clothing do you wear the most?
Also pink but I wear a lot of green too.
67. What are three words to describe living in Metropolis?
Fun, weird, worth it… but I guess that’s four?
68. Do you like surprises?
I mean it depends on the surprise. If the surprise is “here’s a slice of cake cause it’s someone’s birthday in the office” I love it. If it’s “plot twist! You forgot the carpet people were coming today!” I have a mini panic attack.
69. What’s one thing you had to learn the hard way?
Not everyone is going to like you and that’s alright. Don’t waste your effort on trying to convince someone that you’re their cup of tea when you’re not…. That and pepper spray is not a toy.
70. What’s something you’re tired of?
People asking me what my dad’s “evil plans for the week” are. I don’t know what he has planned to try to destroy Superman this time. I learned long ago to stay out of it.
71. Who do you turn to when you’re sad?
72. What’s a trend you would like to see disappear forever?
If I see one more meme about Bruce Wayne being Superman or something I will lose my mind. As someone who has met him, there is no way that himbo could be a superhero.
73. What did you want to do with your life when you were 12?
I think that was around the time that I wanted to design theme parks and rides. I’m convinced I could single handedly rebrand Six Flags.
