Well if you are from a small town you get used to getting in your car and going where you want with limited stress. Plus finding your way around a big city like that is got to be murder. I think it takes some getting used to. __________________
Question: I know you are sick of strike questions, but I think I have a different one: This was very possibly going to be the last season of Smallville; is there a chance that the show would end with the episodes they've already shot? Even if the strike ends soon, could the cast's contracts be up, making it impossible to shoot the final episodes? I know we're all aware of Clark's future, but I'd still like to see some kind of resolution. Hell, make my day and tell me there will be a Season 8.— Rick
Matt Roush: I checked with my in-house Smallville expert, who tells me no decision has yet been made about an eighth season, but considering how well the show is holding up on the otherwise struggling CW schedule, I wouldn't be throwing farewell parties just yet. Besides, given all that has already been invested in this franchise, no way are they going to call it a wrap in the middle of a truncated season. I would expect, regardless of how many episodes will be required to end the series on a proper note for this or next season (or whenever), they'll work it out.
James Marsters on Fame, Family and Life After 40
by Ileane Rudolph
In the first installment of our interview with James Marsters, he talked about his love life and his sizzling new turn on Torchwood. Here, he chats about his return to Smallville (Thursday at 8 pm/ET, the CW), his starring role in the live-action Dragonball movie, and why he plays bad and doesn't want to be famous.
TV Guide: You're returning to Smallville for a couple of episodes. What's fun about playing Brainiac? He's certainly smart, but not quite as sexy as Torchwood's Captain John.
James Marsters: [Laughs] I really like working with the cast, and I loved it in Season 5 when the audience didn't know what I was there for. That was pretty delicious.
TV Guide: When Brainiac was posing as the history professor Milton Fine?
Marsters: Yes. I was pretending to care about Clark's feelings, and that was cool because I really didn't care at all; I just wanted him to be my tool. He sort of kicked my ass, of course.
TV Guide: The last time we saw Brainiac, wasn't he reduced to his black liquidy real self?
Marsters: My schedule had filled up and I couldn't come back, so that was a way to close the door. Then [executive producer] Al Gough called at the beginning of this season and asked if I was available. Luckily, I had some time.
TV Guide: What's up with the evil creature?
Marsters: He's gone from trying to rule the world to trying to survive, hanging out with tramps, warming his hands over open fires. My wardrobe is way cooler, and I get to eat a rat. I assume he'll soon be back with his machinations and making life tough for Clark. What was really fabulous was that I got to work with Marc McClure, who played Jimmy Olsen in the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. He plays a scientist. I can probably say he's a good scientist.
TV Guide: Are you ready to do another series as a full-time player?
Marsters: Sure. I love to work. When I was a kid, I would invite my friends over to play, then I would take them over to a recycling plant and we would haul glass all day. They hated me for this, but I thought it was fun. I love to sweat.
TV Guide: Is that one of the reasons you like doing sci-fi — hard work and lots of sweating?
Marsters: One of the reasons. But you know, some of the writers from Buffy are on the best shows around — Grey's Anatomy, 24 — you name it. And they all have the same complaint: "This is great, but I just want to have a big demon come out of a rift hole and suck someone into some interesting universe." I'm like, "You're on 24, man. There could be nuclear war at any time!" And he's, "Yeah, it's boring. I'm stuck to reality!"
TV Guide: You're plunging into a big sci-fi feature next. Can you talk about the live-action Dragonball?
Marsters: Dragonball is the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years. Its only failing is that the female characters aren't drawn well — we're going to fix that in the movie. It's got a Shakespearean sense of good and evil and there are incredible action scenes with characters of unbelievable power. It's going to be really visually exciting. I was told the budget is about $100 million.
TV Guide: Nice to know you're so enthusiastic. Who do you play?
Marsters: Lord Piccolo. He's thousands of years old and a very long time ago he used to be a force of good but got into a bad argument and was put into prison for 2,000 years. It got him very angry, and he finds a way to escape and then tries to destroy the world. The cool thing is, anybody who has seen Dragonball knows that Lord Piccolo transforms into a character named Piccolo, and that is a whole other ball of wax. That is one of the most popular characters in the whole series. I've been told I'm working for people who will just flay me alive if I give too much information, but what I can tell you is the character is green, bald and has pointed ears. Heroic wouldn't be the wrong term by the end, but it's a long journey.
TV Guide: On the opposite end of the spectrum, aren't you playing serial murderer Ted Bundy in the Lifetime Movie Network miniseries The Capture of the Green River Killer?
Marsters: John Pielmeier, a wonderful man who won a Tony for Agnes of God and who I worked with in Seattle in the '90s, called and said that he was doing this drama and he didn't have a good Ted Bundy, and could I come up for a day and film. Everyone said that I was really scary. They kind of put my hair in that shape and put me in the costume and the director came into my trailer and said, "Oh, my god, you look just like Ted Bundy." Eff off! I don't want to hear that.
TV Guide: Will you be back as the fed (Detective Grant Mars) on Without a Trace?
Marsters: I was scheduled to do five episodes and I thought that it was over; when I got Dragonball, they seemed a little miffed that I wasn't available to them anymore, which was both a surprise and kind of a compliment. My character doesn't die or kill anybody, so I think I could come back. It is a wonderful show to work on; everybody's on top of their game.
TV Guide: Most of us know you from Buffy, but weren't you acting for years before that?
Marsters: Oh, my god, yes. I'd done 100 plays before that. I never really wanted to be famous. I got a taste of it in high school. In a conference of student thespian societies, I was cast as Jesus in Godspell and suddenly I was like the Who and the Stones. Girls would burst into the bathroom to try to see my penis! Fame didn't seem like fun. I went into theater — I ran my own theater in Seattle and it was wonderful. But at the birth of my son, I heard this voice going, "Go make money, James Marsters. Go south now. [Your son] did not decide to be poor. He will not be happy sleeping in the back of your theater like you are now."
TV Guide: And the rest is TV history. Is it true that a few years ago, British filmgoers voted you and Keira Knightley the actors they most would like to see as Romeo and Juliet? Supposedly you beat out Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom!
Marsters: It's true. Overseas, Buffy was a lot bigger than it was in America. The characters even had their own stamps in one of the former Soviet Union countries. But that was fun to hear. Of course I said, yes, I'd do it, but Keira wouldn't comment. [Laughs]
TV Guide: So life after 40 seems pretty good, doesn't it?
Marsters: Yeah. Forties are good! I'm thinking with my brain now, which is a lot more clear, and women seem to appreciate that. It's a wonderful decade where you're in control of yourself but the women are still interested.
Question: A while back you said that Jane Seymour was returning for a flashback on Smallville this season. Now the rumor is she is not returning. — Michael
Ausiello: It's true. A Smallville spokesperson confirms that "a scheduling conflict" put the kibosh on her one-episode reprisal.
It's time to play a new game. It's called 'Bombshells'. In the suburbs, it's called, 'You Might Wanna Sit Down For This. Its A Shocker!!' In the hood, it's called, 'Oh No, You Didn't!!' In this spoiler's case, you'll be saying, 'Oh No, He Didn't!!' By he, I mean Clark. See for yourself.
TV Guide Blurb (from the Feb. 11 issue; posted here 2/5/0: "Lex's search for Kara takes a deadly turn when he finds the amnesiac superheroine hanging out in Detroit with a gun-toting stalker-crazy busboy. Once the bullets start flying, however, the bald bad boy learns just how far he's fallen once Clark decides he's done saving his frienemy's hide."
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Question: Ausibaby, Valentine's Day is around the corner, so I think I deserve some extra sexy Smallville scoop. — Briana
Ausiello: I don't know if it's sexy, but it does take place on Valentine's Day: In "Fracture," airing Feb. 14, an amnesiac Kara will put Lex thisclose to uncovering Krypton's secrets. And because I love you, here's a bonus scoop about tomorrow's episode: A hot scene between Green Arrow and Lois turns into a threesome even a superhero would have a hard time with.
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Quote: Ausiello: I don't know if it's sexy, but it does take place on Valentine's Day: In "Fracture," airing Feb. 14, an amnesiac Kara will put Lex thisclose to uncovering Krypton's secrets. And because I love you, here's a bonus scoop about tomorrow's episode: A hot scene between Green Arrow and Lois turns into a threesome even a superhero would have a hard time with.
In plain english, there's going to be a new "love triangle" with Oliver, Lois, and Black Canary.
The Bible is so powerful. It's not to be left on your shelf. It's to outline even the simplest scriptures that can mean so much in building yourself up.
"I am God's workmanship." (Ephesians 2:10)
"I have been redeemed and forgiven." (Colossians 1:14)
"I am the salt and the light of the earth." (Matthew 5:13-14)
a 'threesome' sounds better. and it's more fun than a love triangle. in a love triangle, 2 of the 3 tend to not like each other. in a threesome, everybodies happy.
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I thought it was Lex, Green Arrow and Lois. In a "situation" where She was just going to have to choose and maybe a ruckus between the MEN, not the girls. I didn't think "Thunder Thighs" was even into this mess.
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Green Arrow and Black Canary have history in the comics, that + smallville makes a love triangle
I don't know where you got Lex from...He doesn't like lois, last time I checked. __________________
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Oopps. I don't read the comics, --I wasn't planning to watch tonight anyway due to The Canary's ridiculousness God! I hope she is on for one episode only. __________________
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Smallville Preview: Justin Hartley's Sexy Superhero Is Back!
by Damian Holbrook
Talk about going green! Smallville (8 pm/ET, the CW) gets another shot of sexy superheroics tonight when Justin Hartley's Green Arrow fires back into town for an all-new hour that also introduces the Emerald Archer's future fishnetted paramour, Black Canary (played by newcomer Alaina Huffman). As usual, the hilarious Hartley was all laughs when we talked to him about (barely) suiting up for his triumphant return.
TVGuide.com: So based on the script for tonight's episode, they didn't waste any time amping up the hotness between Oliver and Lois, huh?
Justin Hartley: Oh, yeah! [Laughs]
TVGuide.com: Because every reunion should be done in a towel.
Hartley: Well, I hate to disappoint some people, but that whole towel thing changed a bit. I'm sure some people, including my mother, are thrilled, but it was just a practical thing because of what ensues after [Lois sees Oliver again]. There is never really a time where he could get dressed, so I would have been doing all of these crazy things in a towel. Then we're talking about a Showtime show. [Laughs] High spin-kicks in a towel? Not unless I'm home by myself, you know? [Laughs] No one wants to see that!
TVGuide.com: What brought you back for this episode?
Hartley: My mortgage, man! [Laughs] You know, I was behind, and then.... [Laughs] No, it was the natural progression of the story, I guess. And I wanted to come back.
TVGuide.com: I would imagine you had a blast last season.
Hartley: I did. But you know what? This episode was a lot.... I don't want to say that I enjoyed it more, but it was different. I feel like they trusted me a little bit more. And I think I trusted myself a little more. The first season I did this, it seemed to work, and so I thought, 'OK, I must be doing something right.' That was a load off, you know? Because by the time your first episode airs, you've already shot, like, four or five of them. If you're doing something wrong, you already have one foot in the grave.
TVGuide.com: It probably helps that the fans embraced you, too.
Hartley: Which is great! That's the only thing that matters, right?
TVGuide.com: Especially when someone assumes the mantle of one of these beloved superheroes. If you mess it up, you will hear about it.
Hartley: Exactly. And rightfully so. I'm the same way with things that I'm really passionate about. Like I love baseball, and when you see all these guys you admire and then all of a sudden you find out about things that they have either admitted to or are being accused of, it doesn't sit well. If you've grown up reading about superheroes, you have probably attached yourself to a few that you love. So if someone comes out and butchers that character, I can understand that it's upsetting.
TVGuide.com: Plus, based on comic-book history, Green Arrow just goes with Black Canary. You almost need him to be part of this story.
Hartley: Yeah, you did. She dropped the ball so many times, she really needed me there. [Laughs] No, it's great how they've been bringing different superheroes on, so I'm glad they thought to bring me back for this. I don't know if they needed me there to introduce her — they could have done this a different way.
TVGuide.com: What do you have lined up after this? Or is everyone just chillin' during the strike?
Hartley: Well, I think everyone is just chillin'. It's funny, I shot this episode and I believe it was supposed to air way before now, but because of the strike, it was delayed a bit. I shot this in Vancouver back when the strike was just going down [back in November]. Then after that, I came back to L.A. and it was the holidays, so, you know, you're busy then. But I just did this little Web series with Rosario Dawson, which is great.
TVGuide.com: Is this her online voting initiative?
Hartley: No, no, no. I know what you're talking about, but this is something called Gemini. It's an actual Web series. You have to look it up, it's pretty interesting. All green screen, so that was kind of fun. Plus, working with Rosario is pretty cool, right?
TVGuide.com: So now you've played Aquaman, Green Arrow... any other superheroes you want to tackle?
Hartley: I would like to say no, but I will say to you whatever they want to give me, my friend! [Laughs] You know, there's a bunch of them that are kind of alike. I could play a Flash. You know, dye someone's hair and you have Batman. And then there's the whole Power Rangers thing. That could always come back. [Laughs]
That was interesting.
BUT I do hope the character drops out . I just can't stand that Smallville would get that "silly". Somehow. Bizarro went about as far as I can go, you know Canary is not an alien like other wacko characters were or a meteor freak.. Them I could figure. Even the Green Arrow is a man in the real sense. But the Canary looks like a vintage ho' who is to top it off, a paranoid skitzo.(Tattooed lashes that cover the top half of her face!!! And shrieking ear-shattering piercing yells like a banchee also Who can buy this?? Oh! Pleazzzze! ) !! SMALLVILLE IS SMALLVILLE NOT THE COMIC! Her presence is not "required" __________________
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maybe it's only one or two shows she'll be on. __________________
OH! I hope you'll be right. The show will be on in just a few minutes, and so far, I have no desire to see it because of the Canary character. Now that there has been spoken some hope from you, Tim, that she may not become a fixture, maybe I might look ( I would hate to miss the Green Arrow) __________________
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I Watched the show, I actually was not thrilled with all the "romance" issues..especially the never ending Lana and Clark long drug out saga.... Poor Green Arrow, look what he ends up with!!- Then we have-Lois, alone again... BUT the most eligible girl, and BEST for Clark, the real star girl of Smallville, CHLOE, remains alone too, and the best character on the show deserves better! I think she could take on her own show as a spin off== her acting excels. If they do decide to end with Season 7, I really hope she takes on another series. She is THE one person, I think we would all miss the most, second, Clark! Just my thoughts. __________________
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Don't mess with me...I'm like a super BABY!!!
: "Lex's search for Kara takes a deadly turn when he finds the amnesiac superheroine hanging out in Detroit with a gun-toting stalker-crazy busboy. Once the bullets start flying, however, the bald bad boy learns just how far he's fallen once Clark decides he's done saving his frienemy's hide."
Who can buy this?? Oh! Pleazzzze! ) !! SMALLVILLE IS SMALLVILLE NOT THE COMIC! Her presence is not "required"
Now that there has been spoken some hope from you, Tim, that she may not become a fixture, maybe I might look ( I would hate to miss the Green Arrow)
