'My Adventures With Superman' Creators Explain Why Fans Should Be Worried About Lex Luthor And Amanda Waller Teaming Up In Season 2

Interview with Brendan Clogher and Jake Wyatt

Transcript

00:00I think and then I think Brendan should talk because he was the one really responsible for

00:04getting Lex into the show. But I think for me and for the writers, both Amanda Waller

00:08and Lex Luthor are so convinced they're right. And so can they're the heroes. There's an alien

00:13invasion. They know what's coming. And they'll do anything to prevent it. That's what heroes do.

00:20So I think what makes them such a potent pair is the fact that these are two people who will

00:26never accept that they're wrong. And if the world suffers for it, that just reinforces their

00:33beliefs. So they're flawed like all of our characters. But unlike Clark, who just has

00:39anxiety or Lois, who's maybe a little too ambitious, their flaw is that they're going

00:45to discount people who they think are weak or they discount people who they don't care about

00:49for the bigger picture. And that's terrifying. Yeah. And Lex is on his road to becoming the

00:55Lex Luthor we all know and love. And so in season one, he was also an intern like our heroes. And now

00:59in season two, he's finally got the boss that's going to let him get to the next level of his

01:04career, so to speak, through her nefarious deeds, his stuff for him to do instead of having to work

01:12for some other weirdo. And just so you know, Brendan sneakily backdoored Lex in. We were

01:18given a no Lex Luthor mandate for the show for seasons one and two. You got to have Lex. And

01:22Brendan said, OK. And then he's like, I was going to have an assistant. His name is going to be Alex.

01:26And we're like, is this Lex? And he's like, maybe. And then our execs are like, is this Lex? And he's

01:30like, if you want him to be. And then he got his way. And I was so aggressive to watch it. This

01:35was like a year and a half long campaign to get the show.