20 Greatest Arrowverse Villains
10. Lex Luthor
When Jon Cryer, an actor mostly famous for his award-winning comedy chops, was cast as Lex Luthor for Supergirl’s fourth season, fandom was sceptical. As good as he was in Pretty In Pink or Two And A Half Men, could he really pull it off - become one of the greatest super villains of all time?
Judge for yourself. In only a few episodes, Lex Luthor became one of the Arrowverse’s most compelling, charismatic Big Bads, thanks to Cryer’s astonishing performance and some quality writing. Had it not been for Lex’s brief tenure in the Arrowverse to date, he’d be ranked much higher on this list: the character that Cryer and the writers put together deserves it.
However, Lex is really more Superman’s archenemy, and no one knows of any plans to bring Tyler Hoechlin’s brilliant version of Kal El back to the show any time soon. As it stands, with several Luthors running around National City already (is Lena being set up for a heel turn?), season four may have been the last we’ll see of Alexander Joseph Luthor…