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Flashback: How Smallville Celebrated Thanksgiving

From the archive, actors recall the Smallville Thanksgiving scene from the episode “Rage”

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Smallville celebrated Thanksgiving on November 9, 2006 with an episode titled “Rage” and underneath its proto-“Green Arrow on Mirakuru” type story featuring Justin Hartley’s version of Oliver Queen, it also contained one of the simultaneously most memorable and absurd scenes of the entire series.

“Our family has a tradition. It goes back way before I was even born. Where everyone takes a moment to say what they’re the most thankful for in their lives,” Clark Kent (Tom Welling) says before giving a toast and saying what he’s appreciative for.

It was a nice family moment with the extended Smallville family, something the series did very well, but most interesting about it is the presence of Lionel Luthor (John Glover) who had tried to kill almost everyone at the table at one time or another.

KryptonSite’s Craig Byrne spoke with Smallville cast members about this scene for the Smallville: The Official Companion book for Season 6.

“It was fun,” Annette O’Toole recalled. “It was one of those parties where you invite people who never in a million years would be together, and it makes for a much more fun party. I wish that we’d gone into the Thanksgiving dinner and seen what these people were talking about. If you’re going to have them there, then let’s have some fireworks. Let’s say, ‘Well, what about it? Why did this happen? I’ll drink some wine and get a little loose.’ That would have been great.”

John Glover also had fun memories of the filming of that particular scene.

“We had a wonderful time shooting it. You should have seen Justin messing with Erica. He was being so ornery with her. Just keeping her off guard, and pulling the rug out from under her all the time. We were doing a lot of improv, and talking about the brussel sprouts. Then I said ‘Miss Sullivan, how much longer are you going to be jailbait?’” Glover laughs. “Allison just looked at me, and Annette laughed. It was a lot of fun,” he said.

Warm Thanksgiving wishes to you and yours from KryptonSite — if you’d like to see the scene that the actors were talking about, you can find it below.

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Michael Rosenbaum Would Consider A Smallville Movie

Michael Rosenbaum has revealed in a new interview that he would consider reprising the role of Lex Luthor for a Smallville movie.

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Screen Rant today posted an extensive interview with Michael Rosenbaum where he talks about his role as Lex Luthor on Smallville as well as his podcasting empire which includes Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum and TalkVille. There are many fantastic topics covered – you can read the entire interview here – but one thing that might get Smallville fans really pumped is that Michael expressed an interest in reprising the role for a Smallville movie.

“I asked Tom [Welling] the other day, ‘If [Smallville creators] Al [Gough] and Miles [Millar] came to us and said, ‘We got this great idea for a Smallville movie. We want you guys to get in shape for the next two months, and then we’re going to go shoot this movie like a real finale…’ We were both like, ‘Yeah!’ If it was right, I think that would be dope. So many other shows are doing that. I would certainly consider it,” Michael said.

“It would have to something that, again, was grounded, but if Al and Miles did it, and wanted to do a one and half hour movie, I think Tom and I — we’d all consider it,” he continued. “I think we’d have fun going back, but we’d have to really work to get back into those characters in that mindset because we’re a lot older. But if you shaved my head and you put makeup on me, it still works!”

The Screen Rant interview also touched upon the notion of a Smallville animated project — something that Michael and Tom both have been pushing for in recent years. Is there anything new to share?

“All I could share is that it’s a great idea. We have Al and Miles, the creators of Smallville backing us up. When it’s the right time, we’d like to go and do this; pitch to Warner Bros. It has to be the right time, and right now is not the right time. We had the strike, we had a change of executives at DC — one being one of my best friends in the world, James Gunn. 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,” he confirmed.

You can read the full Screen Rant interview here.

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Marc Guggenheim Answers Two Smallville-Related Crisis Questions

Arrowverse architect Marc Guggenheim has answered questions about Michael Rosenbaum and Erica Durance’s Smallville roles in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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Arrowverse architect Marc Guggenheim has been releasing a fantastic Substack newsletter called LegalDispatch in recent months, and with this week’s edition, he answered some Smallville-related questions regarding the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover — specifically, what Michael Rosenbaum‘s Lex would have done if he had shown up, and also, if there were more plans for Erica Durance to appear as Lois beyond her brief scene with Tom Welling.

Being transparent, Marc answered some of those questions! First, regarding what role Michael Rosenbaum’s Lex would play:

Well, here’s the thing. By the time we’d engaged with Michael about appearing in Crisis — thanks in huge part to Stephen Amell’s efforts — we’d already shot the Smallville reunion scene in Hour 2. Nevertheless, I was eager to get Michael’s Lex into the story if I could, so my brain started working on options that could be fit into the episodes that we were still shooting.

I forget the story impetus for them, but I noodled with a version where Michael’s Lex would interact with Jon Cryer’s Lex, which I think would’ve been quite entertaining had it come to pass.

Also, was there any temptation to have Erica Durance’s Lois Lane appear in more than one episode?

There was absolutely a temptation for sure. As with most things, however, we were subject to the limit of a combination of screentime, story requirements, money, shooting schedule, and the actors’ personal schedules.

You can read this week’s LegalDispatch here.

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Smallville’s “Toyman” Actor Has Passed Away

Smallville’s “Toyman” actor Chris Gauthier has passed away.

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Chris Gauthier, the actor who played Winslow Schott a.k.a. Toyman on Smallville, has passed away from an “unspecified short illness” at only 48 years old. He appeared in three memorable episodes of Smallville — “Requiem,” “Echo,” and “Prophecy” — during the final two seasons of the series, and well before that, in “Delete,” he played a LuthorCorp technician.

“We can confirm that our dear friend and client, Chris Gauthier, passed away on Friday morning, February 23, at the age of 48,” his management company TriStar Appearances/Event Horizon Talent said in a statement. “His loss is felt not just by his fans but by those of us who were lucky enough to know him more personally. On behalf of his family, we do ask for privacy during this time so that they are able to grieve properly.”

Gauthier had many credits, especially showing up in almost everything that shoots in Vancouver. Those credits included 14 episodes of Once Upon a Time and even a guest shot on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow!

Our condolences go out to Gauthier’s friends, family, and colleagues.

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