Fans of the CW series point out that the actor who played Duckie Dale is only 5 years younger than his TV mom. #Supergirl Fans,…
Fans of the CW series point out that the actor who played Duckie Dale is only 5 years younger than his TV mom.
#Supergirl Fans, Meet Your Lex Luthor! Jon Cryer Cast as Iconic Villain https://t.co/fTR5vom0CP pic.twitter.com/i13MQhSnGs
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) November 16,2018
With a producers’ plug like that, you’d think fans would be thrilled to see Jon Cryer in the role as Lex Luthor. But many fans of the franchise are having trouble getting past the fact that Cryer is only five years younger than Brenda Strong, who plays his mother, Lillian Luthor, on the series. Cryer is also nearly 20 years older than Katie McGrath, who plays Lex’s sister, Lena Luthor.
I mean it’s a little weird that at 53, Jon Cryer gets to play Lex Luthor, and at 58, Brenda Strong gets to play Lex Luthor’s mom.
— Louis Pumpkin Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) November 16,2018
Brenda Strong is like 5 years older than Jon Cryer and he is close to 20 years older than Katie and peoples real age dont matter a bit apparently
— RavenclawHuman (@RavenclawHuman) November 17,2018
My biggest question about the Lex Luthor casting:
Brenda Strong is definitely not old enough to play Jon Cryer’s mother. What was she — 3 when he was born?
— KryptonSite (@KryptonSite) November 16,2018
Ummmm @TheCWSupergirl @jessicaqueller isn’t Jon Cryer a little too old to play @Brenda_Strong son? Seriously? How old was Lilian Luthor when she had Lex? 3 years old? 4 years old? Come on! How dumb are you guys?
— Maribel (@Marbs84) November 16,2018
@jessicaqueller @TheCWSupergirl @GBerlanti Not to be rude but Jon Cryer is 5 years younger than the amazing @Brenda_Strong. How in the name of all that is holy did you choose him for this role? I love his acting but come on! #KatieMcgrath is 20+ years younger than he is!
— kaisyn (@kaisyn) November 17,2018
“We’ve talked about having Lex on the show since its inception and we’re excited to have him finally arrive. We can’t wait for him to shake things up in National City and watch him go toe-to-toe with not only Supergirl, but his sister, Lena Luthor.”
