IRON MAN Villain Reportedly Cast in CBS's SUPERGIRL TV Show

ComicBook.com reports that Faran Tahir, best known for playing the villainous terrorist Raza in Jon Favreau's Iron Man, has joined the cast of CBS's Supergirl TV series. The source claims that he has a guest spot in the pilot, but the role could end up being recurring if the show decides to move in that direction.

Tahir is reportedly playing a character known as The Commander, an alien who is a military expert "leading the forces aligned against Supergirl." From the outside looking in, it seems like this pilot is cramming an awful lot into a single episode. Mysterious alien military experts, an appearance by Superman himself...is this going to be too much for the generally older CBS crowd to handle? Time will tell, but the show has already been given a full series order for the first season, so even if the pilot is a disaster (like that Wonder Woman pilot a few years ago), we'll still be seeing Kara Zor-El battle the forces of evil on a major television network.

Tahir was solid in Iron Man (and he's been in dozens of other things, from Elysium to 24 and much more), so he's a strong addition to the cast either way.