Comic-Con: 'Supernatural' Casts Rick Springfield as New Lucifer 

Comic-Con: 'Supernatural' Casts Rick Springfield as New Lucifer

The music legend will play Lucifer's new vessel, a "washed-up aging rock star."

is usually a little bit country, but it's getting more rock and roll in season 12.

The long-running CW series has cast musician Rick Springfield as the new Lucifer, the show's executive producers Bob Singer and Andrew Dabb revealed during the drama's Comic-Con panel on Sunday.

"Lucifer is going to try out different vessels and the first one he feels comfortable in is a rock star named Vince Vicente," Singer said. "We have cast that role."

Singer then pitched the casting announcement to moderator Richard Speight Jr. who played arch angel Gabriel on the series. 

"Rick Springfield is going to be the new Satan," Speight said.

Dabb added, "Lucifer got what he wanted last season, his face-to-face with God [Rob Benedict]. Now he's out in the world. We see Lucifer on vacation and he wants to have fun. This is a real role. Great actors have played this before like Mark Pelligrino and Misha Collins a little bit, so we needed someone who could act. Most rock stars can only sing and very few can act. If you've seen

Vincente is described as a "washed-up aging rock star," and will appear in the first few episodes of the season. Springlfield shot his first scene on Friday.

Later during the panel, a man dressed as "fat Castiel" proposed to his girlfriend before asking a fan question, and the entire Hall H erupted in cheers when she said yes and he went in for a passionate kiss. "I love when satanically themed television shows bring people together," Speight joked.

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