More casting news for CBS’ Supergirl are flying as IGN broke the news today that 24 actor Glenn Morshower has been tapped to play the DC Comics character General Sam Lane, the father of Lucy Lane (who will be played by Jenna Dewan-Tatum in episode 3). Here is how Warner Bros. TV described the Supergirl take on Morshower’s Sam Lane, to IGN:
“General Lane is described as a powerful military lifer — and an overprotective father to both Lucy Lane and her sister, Lois. His arrival in National City stirs up trouble for Supergirl when he enlists her in a dangerous government initiative.”
The casting of Morshower as Sam Lane comes after the recent announcement that Iddo Goldberg will be playing the DC hero Red Tornado and the DC villain Dr. T.O. Morrow