Jon Cryer is the next in a long line of actors to play Superman’s arch-nemesis Lex Luthor, this one being in Supergirl‘s fourth season and the producers seem to think he’s going to be great in the role.
Many are hesitant to see Cryer as the chrome-domed villain, especially seeing how Cryer is mostly known for comedies like Pretty in Pink, Hot Shots!, and his long-running role on Two and a Half Men. However, this will work to his advantage, according to Supergirl‘s executive producers Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner. In an interview with Comicbook.com, they acknowledge Cryer’s previous casting as Lenny Luthor and how great his Lex will be:
“But Jon Cryer is just a phenomenal actor, and he’s got that twinkle in his eye. He’s masterful, he’s got humor. He’s just gonna kill it.”
Melissa Benoist’s Kara will certainly be under pressure, having to deal with her cousin’s nemesis while he’s not around:
I think she feels the challenge. I think with Lex around, it’s her cousin’s big foil, and I think she feels the responsibility to bring a character like that to justice in probably a bigger way than she would’ve if Clark were around. She doesn’t want to mess it up.”
And that goes double for other characters, particularly James Olsen (Mechad Brooks) and Lex’s sister Lena (Katie McGrath). But Queller and Rovner have everything mapped out:
“I think what’s great about the second half of the season is that we’ve laid a lot of different stories at the beginning half of the season. We create some more, but all our stories dovetail by the end of the season, so that everything’s been done by design and they’re all on a collision course into what we hope will be a very exciting and a resolution.”
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Supergirl returns January 20 with the episode titled “Suspicious Minds” and you can read the official synopsis below:
COLONEL HALEY IS DETERMINED TO FIND OUT SUPERGIRL’S IDENTITY – Colonel Haley (April Parker Jones) is upset after Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) responds to a distress call from a Navy ship that turned out to be a deadly alien attack. Colonel Haley reclaims the site as DEO territory and demands that Supergirl step aside. After Supergirl refuses to be told what to do, Haley refocuses her energy on finding out Supergirl’s true identity and begins to interrogate all DEO agents, including Alex (Chyler Leigh). Meanwhile, Brainiac-5 (Jesse Rath) tries to persuade Nia (Nicole Maines) to embrace her superpowers but she misinterprets his motives. Rachel Talalay directed the episode written by Maria Maggenti & Gabriel Llanas (#410).
Supergirl season 4 stars Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers / Supergirl, Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen / Guardian, Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers, David Harewood as J’onn J’onzz / Martian Manhunter, Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor, Jesse Rath as Querl Dox / Brainiac 5, Sam Witwer as Agent Liberty, Nicole Maines as Nia Nal / Dreamer and April Parker Jones as Colonel Lauren Haley.
Supergirl airs on Sunday at 8:00 P.M. on The CW.
Source: Comicbook.com
