Those ignoring or not being made aware of the context of the tweet could have quickly fallen down the rabbit hole to ‘Vincent D’Onofrio Cast As Lex Luthor’ headlines.
It appears Vincent D’Onofrio took it all in good fun, but perhaps thought it prudent to delete the tweet before such conclusions were jumped to.
It seems like Vincent D’Onofrio didn’t quite realize that his simple hypothetical response to a fan question on Twitter would cause such excitement about something that isn’t actually happening.