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If you weren’t impressed by Jesse Eisenberg playing one of the most iconic villains in comic and movie history, stand by. Your mind is probably about to be blown.
The next actor to take on the role will be Jon Cryer of Two and a Half Men fame. The comedian had taken on many supporting roles through a long career before landing the CBS gig. Now he’s going to play the bald baddie in the CW show Supergirl.
Twitter wasn’t impressed.
My expression upon hearing that Jon Cryer has been cast as Lex Luthor on #SupergirlCW pic.twitter.com/vAi6GOX83H
— House of Ross (@digitalinkfreak) November 16, 2018
Lex Luther casting process:
“…..hey, you’re bald…”https://t.co/M4LABSxYxS
— Jared Monroe (@TheJaredMonroe) November 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/Tigu_El/status/1063530121984991233
Jon Cryer makes sense as Lex Luther because pic.twitter.com/qq8NUxQfUh
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 16, 2018
Jon Cryer has gone from Lenny Luthor to Lex Luthor pic.twitter.com/Ii3nPlBtVM
— David ⚡️ (@dxvid214) November 16, 2018
In #Supergirl, Lena Luthor is canonically 25, which is beyond absurd to begin with.
Based on the one flashback, Lex is no more than 10 years older than Lena. So you're telling me Jon Cryer is playing a 35-year-old man? Really??
— Bailey is anti-imperialism (@BeezyGrey) November 16, 2018
Really? Umm I…. No offense to Mr. Cryer but I can't see it. Luthor is intimidating and well I don't see that in him, but, let's wait and see.
— Joe P (@ynksphns) November 16, 2018
— Lloyd (@Lloydl26) November 16, 2018
The world has gone mad.https://t.co/Djtnpmpg3C
— David Atchison (@DavidNAtchison) November 16, 2018
Not sure that Jon Cryer can pull off an aura of menace as Lex Luthor, but then the last version we got was more laughable than scary so this can only be an improvement pic.twitter.com/6mCpxTWaiL
— Gracchus Gruad (@geekboyking) November 16, 2018
Just occurred to me that Jon Cryer was in Superman IV This man should not be allowed to sully another Superman franchise property (I know he wasn't the sole problem with that movie, but he was one of the biggies) pic.twitter.com/N6ErDTY64Z
— Gracchus Gruad (@geekboyking) November 16, 2018
My Take
I like this move for one reason and one reason only. It can’t get any worse than the initial reaction. All he has to do is be pretty good at the role and everyone will say, “Hmmm, not bad. Wasn’t expecting that.”
I’m not a fan of the show so I can’t really express a valid opinion. All I can say is that moves like these generally turn out to be okay. Remember the backlash against Hugh Jackman as Wolverine?
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