The fourth season of “Titans” is on track for a release on HBO Max in November, with one of the most exciting elements being a key new cast addition – Titus Welliver.
The “Bosch” star enters the series playing one of DC’s most iconic villains – Lex Luthor. Series showrunner Greg Walker recently sat down with EW to discuss hiring Welliver for the character.
It turns out it didn’t take much convincing as Welliver is not only a big fan of the comics but had watched the whole series up to that point. Walker says:
“You usually have to do this whole dog-and-pony show to get an actor to do the show, but when I called to kind of lure him in, I could barely get a word in. We were talking on the phone, and he was just walking through his library, telling me about all his Wolfman/Perez Titans editions. He’s a giant, giant fan. He’d watched every episode of the show and could tell me about certain stories, certain shots. It was the most unexpected call I’ve ever had.”
Talking about how they approach Luther in this incarnation, Walker says he’s a very unique villain as he has;
“A very sensitive, thoughtful approach to evil and power. You know what he’s done, what he’s capable of doing, except, like many of those people, he’s personable…
He’s curious, which I think is very interesting about his character. He wants to know about people and what makes them tick, and how they’re different from him. He sees the world through the lens of both his own power and his own inadequacy and tries to compensate for both.”
In the series, Joshua Orpin’s Superboy was made from both Superman and Lex’s DNA, and this season will tackle that connection as Conner, who has explored his Superman side, hasn’t really explored his Lex side, which is going to come out in the new run.
The first photo of Welliver confirms Lex’s bald head, but this one had a rather major beard as he can be seen talking with Anna Diop’s Starfire.
Welliver now joins the long list of Luthors, including Gene Hackman, Michael Rosenbaum, John Shea, Clancy Brown and Jon Cryer.
