Michael Cudlitz Joins ‘Superman & Lois’ As New Lex Luthor

[matt]

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The Walking Dead‘s Michael Cudlitz has been tapped to play a new version of Lex Luthor in the upcoming third season of CW’s Superman & Lois. The actor confirmed the news, first reported by EW, on Twitter.

Per the official character description: Lex is “known to the world as the visionary billionaire behind LexCorp, but secretly, the criminal underworld knows who Lex truly is: a brutal psychopath who terrorizes anyone he crosses paths with. When Lex debuts this season, it’s been years since he dropped out of the public eye and he’s re-emerging hellbent on correcting a personal injustice by enacting revenge on the two people he feels have wronged him — Superman (played by Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch).

[Melinda Halliwell]

It's a shame people won't see Jon Cryer reprise his role as Lex Luthor which he did so well in Supergirl and the CW crossovers but I also understand why S&L would appoint a new person with the show now not being in Arrowverse after the Crisis event of course.

It will have to be seen what Michael's portrayal as the criminal mastermind turns out to be like when he debuts and what fans think of it then.

[Squad 51]

We shall see then. Many guys have played Lex before. Why not another one?

[Tim]

I'd rather have Jon Cryer back, but I'll give this guy a chance.

[Dark Avenger]

I'd rather have Jon back too. But obviously, that wasn't possible since Jon's booked a new lead role in a new series. Of course, he would've done this show. But I'm willing to give this guy a chance. After all, we never saw Jon's Lex interacting with Superman/Clark or Lois on the crossovers in the past, so It will be a little easier to take.

I hope he'll be just as good. Time will tell.

[Tim]

Yeah, it will.