Michael Landes has said he was “bummed out” after Jimmy Olsen, Superman’s best friend, was recast with Justin Whalin, and for the strangest reason.

Apparently the showrunners felt that Landes looked too similar to series leads Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher! “Part of me was like, ‘What, I didn’t look like them 22 episodes ago?,’” Landes joked in a 2016 interview with Digital Spy.

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