Smallville star Michael Rosenbaum, who last played the egotistical Lex Luthor in 2011, shared his sentiments about how the hit television series dealt with his character during the series finale.
The show’s ending was deemed controversial by fans, particularly how the series finale saw Lex Luthor‘s memory erased due to Summerholt’s neurotoxin, wiping out his entire journey throughout the series. However, in an interview with ScreenRant, the actor discussed how the show ended.
When asked about whether or not he’s fine with his character’s fate, Rosenbaum responded: “I don’t know. I didn’t watch the show, not one episode after I left. In fact, I didn’t watch many episodes while I was on the show. That’s why we’re doing Talk Ville Podcast with Tom. We watch every episode, and I’m forced to watch them. But I watched the series finale, and I invited some friends over.
“I didn’t know what the hell was going on, I’m going, ‘Wait, Lois and Clark are getting married?’ and [my friends] started explaining to me. But when I watched it, I go, ‘It’s got a good energy to it.’ I loved my scene with Clark and Lex. I thought that was really good, and it was a nice way to end it. I love that I killed my sister [Tess Mercer, played by Cassidy Freeman]. For someone who shot for just one day, to see that, I was proud of it. I was happy, and I was glad that it was all over.”
Smallville followed Clark Kent’s adventures during his earlier years and how he became the Man of Steel. In addition to Rosenbaum, the series also starred Tom Welling as Clark Kent, Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang, Erica Durance as Lois Lane, Eric Johnson as Whitney Fordman, Sam Jones III as Pete Ross, Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan, Annette O’Toole as Martha Kent, and Jon Schneider as Jonathan Kent.
All ten seasons of Smallville are available to stream on Hulu.
Michael Rosenbaum gives optimistic update about Smallville animated sequel
Over a decade after the Smallville series concluded, Rosenbaum said that they are still interested in creating an animated sequel to the beloved series. With the creators of Smallville backing them up, the actor said that they will eventually pitch it to Warner Bros. “when the time’s right.” Unfortunately, according to him, “now is not the right time.”
“When the time’s right, I think it’s something that’s a no-brainer, unless they have other ideas. We’d like to do it — the whole cast would like to do it. They would voice their own character from the show, and we have a concept of what the show is,” Rosenbaum told ScreenRant.
