Marc Guggenheim, creator of “Arrow” and “Legends of Tomorrow” and one of many key gamers behind the Arrowverse, needed Michael Rosenbaum to return as Lex Luthor in the course of the “Disaster on Infinite Earths” crossover. The showrunner revealed how he deliberate on bringing Rosenbaum’s Luthor again, writing on his Substack that he tried to suit the character into the story however needed to work round scheduling points. “By the point we would engaged with Michael about showing in Disaster — thanks in enormous half to Stephen Amell’s efforts — we would already shot the Smallville reunion scene in Hour 2. However, I used to be wanting to get Michael’s Lex into the story if I might, so my mind began engaged on choices that could possibly be match into the episodes that we had been nonetheless taking pictures.”
In his dialog with Display screen Rant, Rosenbaum additionally revealed that he declined the possibility to play Luthor in one other unnamed DC present. Nonetheless, he stated that whereas he was honored to get the supply, he did not wish to decide to the function and need to shave his head and be in make-up for a chronic time period.
“I can not actually say what it was,” the actor stated, “however I simply stated, ‘No thanks. I am not doing this for a present.’ For a film, you [would] think about one thing! That is the factor, in case you’re taking part in Lex Luthor for 2 or three months for a film, large deal, shave your head! It is a little bit completely different shaving your head for seven years.” Contemplating Rosenbaum hadn’t appeared as Luthor since 2011, after spending a decade within the function, it is not fully shocking he did not wish to decide to extra time because the character, even when it might have been enjoyable for the followers to see him return.