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Carti-Rae-Jepsen t1_j5pe2zu wrote

Reply to comment by envision83 in Superman & Lois casts Michael Cudlitz as Lex Luthor by klutzysunshine

I would have even settled for Jon Cryer. He did well as Lex

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DoomOne t1_j5qd50b wrote

Fun fact: John Cryer stated that his performance as Lex Luthor in Supergirl was an apology for the shit job he did as Lex Luthor's nephew Lenny in "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace".

He wanted to redeem himself and play a proper villain.

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envision83 t1_j5pekjt wrote

Yea… especially with how he’s aged he would do good and look good in the part. How he’s aged meaning he’s not that goofy looking guy from two and a half men anymore.

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Mattyzooks t1_j5pf9yu wrote

Cryer played Lex on Supergirl for 3 seasons. His performance was a highlight despite some shoddy writing. A solid mix of modern day arrogant super genius Luthor with dashes of the Hackman dark sense of humor and retro Luthor gadgets.
https://youtu.be/zaI4KKvIhQc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmde4RAU-pc

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envision83 t1_j5pgc24 wrote

Yea I was looking up his IMDB….. I’ve never seen that show but my daughter likes it.

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Mattyzooks t1_j5pgkhc wrote

I wouldn't really recommend it but it had its moments.

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Stargazeer t1_j5qjn68 wrote

Shit. I legitimately didn't make the connection.

He's really good in Supergirl, honestly one of the best live action Lex castings.

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Green_Tea_Totaler t1_j5psibh wrote

Y'know, I didn't even know he was the "not-Charlie Sheen"- character in Two and a Half Men until relatively recently (I never watched that show).

He did a great job conveying Lex's trademark raging hate-boner for the Supes.

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srstone71 t1_j5poa1p wrote

Wait, yeah… isn’t Jon Cryer the Lex in this universe?

I admittedly haven’t seen a ton of DC television and I didn’t watch any of the big Crises crossover a few years ago that may or may not have explained it, but I know that Jon Cryer was the Lex in Supergirl and that Tyler Hoechlin was Superman on the show.

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DMPunk t1_j5pr51a wrote

The Superman show is on a different Earth from the Supergirl show. I'm not entirely sure why they did that, and why they waited until the end of season 2 to make that clarification, but it is a different universe

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numb3rb0y t1_j5ps6q8 wrote

Well, it wasn't a clarification, it was a retcon. Like 2 episodes earlier they had John Diggle guest dealing with an ongoing issue on the other shows.

The producer said they did it because with the final Flash season, the Arrowerverse is dead and they didn't want to be anchored to it.

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ItsADeparture t1_j5r3ul9 wrote

The funny part is that the SM&L producer even said "this version of Diggle is different and we show this by giving him longer hair and a beard."

He showed up on The Flash a few weeks earlier with the same exact hair and beard.

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Prax150 t1_j5qib06 wrote

Cryer was low key a fantastic Lex Luthor but I guess they don't want to associate the show to the Arrowverse? Like the Arrowverse has a Clark Kent that looks like Tyler Hoechlin but I guess that's a different Clark Kent than the one from Superman & Lois?

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