He appeared as an American businessman in Jule Gilfillan's romantic comedy-drama "Restless". He also appeared in an off-Broadway production of Terrence McNally's controversial "Corpus Christi", a retelling of the Passion, with the Jesus character (named Joshua) and his disciples all being gay. Lucas played the role of Judas as a gay predator. Right before the play was to open, Lucas was mugged and beaten on his way to the theater for dress rehearsal. He played the role of Judas with bloody bandages across his broken nose and black eyes. The audience thought the bandages were part of the play. Following a series of operations to reset his nose, he began gathering larger roles in films like "American Psycho", "The Weight of Water", "Session 9", "The Dancer", "When Strangers Appear", and "You Can Count on Me".