One of the many great crossovers in “Crisis on Infinite Earths” so far was the appearance of Tom Ellis in Tuesday’s “Part 3,” reprising his role as Lucifer Morningstar from Fox/Netflix’s Lucifer. Though not a superhero drama, the supernatural show is based off the Vertigo comics series published by DC, so he was ripe for a role in the major Arrowverse event. We had heard that Ellis could be dropping by in “Crisis,” too, but these rumors had previously been denied by the star himself.

When speaking to Et in response to the claims, the British actor maintained that he was just in Vancouver to visit a friend for their birthday. Now that the cat is out of the bag, though, Ellis has revealed in a new interview that he felt he had to tell that white lie in order to try and keep the lid on his cameo in the crossover.