Fans Want SMALLVILLE Actor Michael Rosenbaum To Be Cast As Lex Luthor In SUPERGIRL

Fans Want SMALLVILLE Actor Michael Rosenbaum To Be Cast As Lex Luthor In SUPERGIRL

Coming off the news that Supergirl season 4 will include classic Superman villain Lex Luthor, fans have made it known that they want Smallville actor Michael Rosenbaum to return to the role! Check it out.

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By giannis - Oct 19, 2018 05:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Supergirl
Source: screenrant
Following the news of Lex Luthor making his debut in CW's Supergirl season 4, fans have already expressed interest in who they want to be cast as the classic Superman villain: they're clamoring for Smallville alumni Michael Rosenbaum to reprise the role he played for seven seasons on Smallville.

Rosenbaum himself made a humorous response to one of these suggestions without actually revealing if he'd be interested in returning to the role.

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Saga
Saga - 10/19/2018, 12:51 AM
Yes please
Luminus
Luminus - 10/19/2018, 1:09 AM
NotoriousWolf23
NotoriousWolf23 - 10/19/2018, 3:26 AM
Hell ye. Won't happen tho
Antoin
Antoin - 10/19/2018, 5:12 AM
Yeh it won't happen. If you listen to Michael Rosembaums podcast (inside of you). He clearly states that he has done everything with that character and that's why he left. Maybe he'd be up for a cameo but not a reoccurring role for sure.
barisax
barisax - 10/19/2018, 6:03 AM
@Antoin - But he hasn't done everything with Lex yet. We still need powersuit lex, possibly Super-Lex.
Antoin
Antoin - 10/19/2018, 3:05 PM
@barisax - that would be pretty cool. Fair play! I'm in!
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 10/21/2018, 5:12 AM
@Antoin - love his podcast
ArthurFleck
ArthurFleck - 10/19/2018, 6:32 AM
While I love him as Lex and believe he is hands down the best live action Lex Luthor we've had thus far, I dont think I want him as Lex in Supergirl. What made him so perfect in Smallville was his chemistry with that cast and how it developed naturally over the course of several seasons. Just tossing him into this already existing world with different actors would be jarring and offputting. Plus I'd secretly want to see him working against Tom Wellings Clark and those comparisons would not enhance the show. This Lex needs to be cast compared to his chemistry with the Supergirl cast and most importantly if they really are developing a Superman show then his chemistry with Tyler Hoechlin.

I like some of the ideas tossed around on the other article for Lex, but my personal fan cast (which is likely a pipe dream and never gonna happen) would be this guy...



Can you just imagine how much Andrew Lincoln would elevate this shows quality and how threatening him as Lex Luthor would be? He is a phenomenal actor as me all know, and hes free from his Walking Dead commitments. And hes a loving father who might do it just to star in a show his kids could actually watch, plus the massive pay checks to rope him in.

Listen, I realize the possibilities of this ever happening are pretty much none, but how glorious it would be and how massive a get it would be if CW managed to actually snag him.
ClarkFarley2012
ClarkFarley2012 - 10/22/2018, 4:55 AM
@ArthurFleck - I like it!!
nickh0801
nickh0801 - 10/19/2018, 6:41 AM
Fans may want it, but does he want to do it again? I don't think so.
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 10/19/2018, 3:26 PM
@nickh0801 - He wants to do it in the movies for sure. He's said a few times he wants to be Lex again
SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 10/19/2018, 11:17 AM
If they didn’t cast Tom Welling as Superman they won’t cast him as Lex...

And pft he tried to leave the role they literally had to beg him to return for the Smallville season finale...

Fans = SHUT THE FCUK UP
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 10/19/2018, 3:31 PM
If ANY character and actor deserves a spinoff and their own series it's Lex with Rosenbaum playing the role.

I would absolutely LOVE a Lex Luthor show .. all his point of view too. Superman only appears now and then to thwart some kind of plan and we share Lex's view that Superman is bad etc

Otherwise it's all about Lex, his plans to try and destroy Superman and become ruler of the world etc.

Put it on HBO or Netflix .. I'd watch the crap out of it and there would be no shortage of stories to tell

If you couldn't get Rosenbaum for it, then Cranston would be my next choice
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 10/20/2018, 10:55 AM
...

Some people think Twitter runs the planet.
parkerray
parkerray - 10/20/2018, 5:42 PM
It wouldn’t be jarring to me at all
MrDandy
MrDandy - 10/20/2018, 7:51 PM
He's the best live action Lex Luthor we've ever gotten by a LONG shot. I say bring him back.
Trimount
Trimount - 10/21/2018, 10:50 PM
@MrDandy - wondering were you think John Shea lands in your list? To me he’s right up there with Rosenbaum. What I loved about Rosenbaum and really about Smaillvulle was the Lex/Clark relationship played by Rosenbaum/Welling.
Trimount
Trimount - 10/21/2018, 10:51 PM
@MrDandy -

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Clip of John Shea on Lois and Clark.
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 10/21/2018, 5:14 AM
A lot of people want him as lex, and I loved him in Smallville. But so few realize how goddamn FUNNY the man is! I would love to see him in anything comic related (Guardians didn’t count, he said two words in the future.)
Mobrex
Mobrex - 10/21/2018, 6:19 AM
MR was awesome in Smallville. But whoever they pick will be awesome too because Luthor is about the coolest f*cking character you can play as an actor. He is an unconflicted Batman a literal superman....and evil which is fun too... and his general costume is expensive suits or orange jumpsuits both of which work with bald quite well.
Asturgis
Asturgis - 10/21/2018, 2:16 PM
Fans: "Michael, you need to be on the amazing show that is Supergirl!"

Michael: "Ha ha ha, yeah… Oh, wait, you're serious."
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 10/22/2018, 6:24 AM
I doubt he wants to do it. If Welling was their Superman, I'd be all for it but since he isn't, it wouldn't be as worthwhile to see Rosenbaum instead of a new, potentially very good Lex.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 10/22/2018, 9:48 AM
If they didn’t have Tom Welling as Superman I wouldn’t want Michael Rosenbaum as Lex. He’s great but it just doesn’t feel right to me. I’d still like to see him as a live action Wally West though and with the way the DCEU is right now I don’t see why that couldn’t happen
pclark
pclark - 10/22/2018, 12:33 PM
It's up to the producers and Rosenbaum himself to decide if this works. If they cast him, I will love it. If they don't I will probably still love it, since the Lex of Supergirl seems to be the super genius super villain. Not just a businessman trying to get rich with some land grab scheme.
Chrome
Chrome - 10/22/2018, 6:22 PM
I would love this to happen
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 10/23/2018, 8:06 AM
I'd watch it.
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