Titans returns to HBO Max for its fourth season this November, and the team will have a new threat to contend with in the form of Lex Luthor.
This latest small-screen incarnation on the iconic Superman villain will be played by Titus Welliver (Lost, Bosch), and we have a first look at his take on Luthor alongside Starfire (Anna Diop) via a new promo still.
Showrunner Greg Walker called Welliver to offer him the role, but the long-time comic book fan didn't take much convincing.
"You usually have to do this whole dog-and-pony show to get an actor to do the show," Walker tells EW. "But when I called to kind of lure him in, I could barely get a word in. We were talking on the phone and he was just walking through his library, telling me about all his Wolfman/Perez Titans editions. He's a giant, giant fan. He'd watched every episode of the show, and could tell me about certain stories, certain shots. It was the most unexpected call I've ever had."
We still don't know exactly how Luthor will be introduced, but it sounds like the manipulative villain is going to cause problems for Superboy (Joshua Orpin), who was created from a combination of Superman and Lex's DNA, in particular.
"We're really going deeper in all these characters and shaking them up," adds Walker. "What shakes Conner up is an identity story. He's explored his Superman self, but he has not really explored his Lex self. What does that mean when you do? What happens when you give that self the keys to the car? Does it start driving the wrong way at rush hour 100 miles an hour?"
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