Smallville's Lex Luthor actor reveals why he won't appear in Crisis on Infinite Earths
Michael Rosenbaum won't star alongside his Smallville co-stars in the Arrowverse crossover
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Lex Luthor actor Michael Rosenbaum revealing he won’t appear in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'.
Rosenbaum, who played the bald baddie in Superman series Smallville, has announced on Twitter that he turned down the chance to feature in CW’s upcoming Arrowverse crossover event.
Although Tom Welling and Erica Durance – who played Superman and Lois Lane in Smallville – are already signed onto the project, Rosenbaum said he didn’t have enough information about the series to commit.
“Their offer: No Script. No idea what I’m doing. No idea when I’m shooting. Basically no money,” he wrote (in a very tiny font). “And the real kick in the ass ‘We have to know now.’ My simple answer was ‘Pass.’ I think you can understand why.”
However, although Rosenbaum won’t appear in the seven-part series, it doesn’t mean that Lex Luthor will be missing altogether. Jon Cryer, who plays Luthor on Supergirl, is still scheduled to appear on the show, alongside core characters from Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and the new Batwoman series with Ruby Rose.
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