User blog comment:Chinkycandie/Casting Decisions/@comment-24152851-20171221204426/@comment-24152851-20171221214231

You remember when Phil was filming a movie about the Legends and he complained Savage's actor failed to be intimidating? That was basically the show itself acknowledging Arrowverse Savage lacked the intimidation factor.

It's not Mehcad's fault, his acting is great. He's just not supposed to be playing Jimmy Olsen. Jimmy is meant to be Clark Kent's dorky sidekick, not some shining knight vigilante hunk.