TVLine Items: Superman Adds Degrassi Vet, Manifest Casting and More
Is a Degrassi: The Next Generation vet Lex Luthor’s new cohort?
Stacey Farber, aka Degrassi‘s Ellie Nash, will recur on The CW’s Superman & Lois as Leslie Larr, the right hand to one of the most influential people on the planet, The Wrap reports. That sure sounds like the Supergirl baddie played by Jon Cryer, doesn’t it?
Leslie is described as having “gone from a young, idealistic dreamer to a hardened, world-worn dream killer.” She is athletic, strong and, oftentimes, heartless.
Farber’s other TV credits include the short-lived CW drama Cult, as well as Saving Hope and 18 to Life.
Superman & Lois is slated to premiere in January 2021.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Manifest has tapped Will Peltz (Euphoria, NCIS: New Orleans) to recur during Season 3 as Levi, a teaching assistant at the university where Ben works whose expertise in archeology brings him in contact with Olive, our sister site Deadline reports.
* Lili Taylor (Perry Mason), Tamara Podemski (Coroner, Run) and Tom Pelphrey (Ozark) have joined the forthcoming Amazon mystery drama Outer Range, starring Josh Brolin, per Deadline.
* Family and friends of the late MythBusters host Grant Imahara announced on Friday, which would have been have been his 50th birthday, the establishment of The Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation, a non-profit foundation designed to inspire and empower underserved youth to become active in science, technology, engineering, art and math.
Which of today’s TVLine Items pique your interest?
I’m so happy!!!!!! Stacey is the best.
Which Lex? Rumours have suggested the mystery man cast for Superman and Lois may be an alternate Lex Luthor somehow trapped on the new Earth Prime following Crisis. This rumour may prove false but it does add an extra layer to the guessing game.
Leslie Larr, eh? Sounds like a slight name change from Lesla-Lar, Kandor baddie who used to impersonate Supergirl while she was sleeping during the Silver Age
The character description sounds fairly similar to Mercy Graves, as well.
Mercy already appeared on #Supergirl but her character was killed off by the Uktra-Humanite. However, Lesla-Lar did free Lex Luthor from prison when she was pretending to be Kara for a time.