It seems that Supergirl star David Harewood wasn’t a fan of the show’s portrayal of Cyborg Superman in its second season, with the Martian Manhunter actor revealing at Supernova Comic Convention in Australia that he wasn’t thrilled about his second role in the DC Comics series.
“I don’t like playing Cyborg Superman,” said Harewood (via CBM). “It’s boring. They didn’t really flesh it out, they didn’t really write for the character. They just gave me this rather cheap-looking mask and no costume, and said ‘Okay, you’re Cyborg Superman.’ But it didn’t really pan out – they didn’t really go into why he was a cyborg, how he became a cyborg, what his powers were … it was just kind of randomly calling him ‘Cyborg Superman.’ I was very excited about it at first, but then I very quickly realized that there wasn’t really much to it so, it’s kind of boring. Whenever I’m walking to my trailer and I see that costume, I just switch off. Because I know it’s going to be a really boring day.”
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Supergirl will return to The CW for its third season on Monday, October 9th.
Originally published July 2, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
