 Comic-Con 2009: Callum Blue Interview
Interview By Craig Byrne - KryptonSite Webmaster
Following the Smallville panel at the Comic-Con International in San Diego, several cast members and producers from the show participated in roundtable interviews with various outlets including KryptonSite. And now, one of the first interviews with Smallville's new "Zod" - Callum Blue!
As an aside - and this is a compliment to Mr. Blue - hearing him speak and even peripherally in appearance comparisons can quickly be made between himself and Terence Stamp, who played the role in the first two films in the Superman movie franchise. The interview follows!
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What was your reaction upon finding out that the "Mason" character was actually Zod?
I was thrilled to bits. I remember Terence Stamp's portrayal of him in the movies, and he terrified me as a kid. So to play such an iconic character is both a good thing and a bad thing. I've got a lot of plans for him. I'm going to play it to the fullest. I was chuffed.
Will the Zod character be interacting with the other Kryptonians that are being introduced into the show?
I have come to Earth with a whole army of Kryptonians, so I've been interacting with those. They're my army; it's like a fascist party, and I'm their leader. They don't have their powers that they were born with, so he's got to work that out first. He's not even aware of Clark at the moment. What he is aware of is that Jor-El survived, and they were friends. That's what he is aware of.
How many episodes are you signed to appear in?
I think about 16 out of 22. I'll be a series regular, and they've got some plans for me. I'm going to shake things up a bit.
Had Smallville been a series you had been watching in the past?
I hadn't been watching it, no. I have been now, and I'm falling in love with it. I think it's a brilliant show. They sent me a couple of episodes and I'm really getting into it.
Can you talk about your character's interaction with Tess?
She's the one that summoned the Kryptonians. I think she doesn't know what she's gotten herself into. She doesn't know how powerful this character is. She's kind of playing him and he's playing her, but he's one step ahead of her all the time. He's really smart. There's some sexual chemistry going on also, even though Zod does not like humans at all, there's something about her that interests him.
So Zod has the upper hand?
Oh, yeah. He's one step ahead of everybody. He has to be.
Which series regulars have you worked with thus far?
Just Tess at the moment. He's laying low at the moment. He's slowly being introduced into what this Earth is all about. He's finding his feet and he's just slowly getting into his own.
He knows what he wants to do.
He knows what he wants to do. He wants everybody to kneel before him. He wants to take over the planet. How he does that, he has no idea yet. I want to make him more a manic character than Terence Stamp was. He's a younger version of him, so he hasn't really grown into his tyranny yet. They're going to explore his history and Jor-El and his time on Krypton. This is where it gets confusing: This is a past version of Zod. He's the younger version. He hasn't blown up Krypton yet. He's not in the Phantom Zone. So all of that is to come, so they can play with a bit of - are they going to change the future? If you had a chance to kill Hitler, would you? That kind of thing.
Could Zod have a good side?
I don't want him to. If he pretends to have a good side, there's a reason. He's definitely a manipulator.
You can see Callum Blue as Zod in the Smallville season premiere, airing Friday, September 25 on The CW.
Read more Comic-Con interviews: Erica Durance (Lois) - Allison Mack (Chloe) - Callum Blue (Zod) - Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders (Smallville Executive Producers) - Cassidy Freeman (Tess)
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