Board Thread:Supergirl discussions/@comment-27700324-20181029022327/@comment-27700324-20181029231800

Kir the Wizard wrote: Xandermcc wrote:

Well if the rumors are true that Michael will be cast, then i think Witwer is automatically topped. I don't doubt Rosenbaum's abilities, but show some respect for Witwer here. He's bringing his heart and soul to make this character shine, while for Michael playing Luthor is an old and well-travelled road, that may have long since lost its original excitement factor. I'm not saying Witwer is bad. I'm saying he is in his own thing when it comes to making a villain. I'm the opposition on opposing Witwer. I played both Star Wars games he starred in, and sadly gotten through his tragedy of horrible makeup as Doomsday. He is an amazing actor, but Luthor is a seperate character.

Michael can probably do it though since he has new material that he never got the chance to work with when he was Lex in the-prequel-that-shall-not-be-named. He now has interactions with his sister, knowledge of alien life beyond the stars and the insight that comes from fighting them for many years and the only actor to ever have that experience in fighting Superman multiple times as Lex was Gene Hackman.