Arrowverse Producer Reveals Scrapped Plans For Michael Rosenbaum's Return as Lex Luthor in CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS

Arrowverse producer Marc Guggenheim recently revealed what he was planning for Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor in The CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. Yes, there were ideas to bring Rosenbaum back as Lex and producers even reached out to the actor to talk about returning, but Rosenbaum told them no.

The actor previously explained why he turned down the opportunity, saying: "[Warner Bros.] called my agents Friday afternoon...Their offer: No Script. No idea what I’m doing. No idea when I’m shooting. Basically no money. And the real kick in the ass 'We have to know now.' My simple answer was 'Pass.'"

Now Guggenheim is sharing what these plans were with Lex, saying: "By the time we’d engaged with Michael about appearing in Crisis - thanks in huge part to Stephen Amell's efforts - we’d already shot the Smallville reunion scene in Hour 2. Nevertheless, I was eager to get Michael's Lex into the story if I could, so my brain started working on options that could be fit into the episodes that we were still shooting."

He added: "I forget the story impetus for them, but I noodled with a version where Michael’s Lex would interact with Jon Cryer’s Lex, which I think would’ve been quite entertaining had it come to pass.”

Maybe they should’ve pitched that to Rosenbaum if they wanted a real chance of making it happen. What’s done is done, though, and it was at least cool to see Smallville stars Tom Welling and Erica Durance return as Clark and Lois in the series.

It was a missed opportunity to see Rosenbaum play Lex again, but it’s not hard to understand why the actor said no. The creative team just didn’t have it together before they approached him.