KryptonSite's
Craig Byrne was one of the people able
to speak with creators Alfred Gough
and Miles Millar, Laura Vandervoort
(Kara/Supergirl), and Erica Durance
(Lois). Today, we take a look at what
Smallville's creators, Gough
& Millar, plus actress Erica Durance
had to say... and come back tomorrow
for some words with Laura Vandervoort.
[Be
warned, spoilers may follow.]
For
starters, Gough and Millar seem very impressed
with the show's newest cast member, Laura
Vandervoort. "She did a great job,"
Gough said about Laura's first day as Kara.
"I was up there, and it was a scene with
Clark and Chloe. It's hard, coming into an
established series with an established cast,
playing an iconic character. Erica had the
same experience in Season 4, knowing that
there's a lot of fan interest and curiosity
about how it's going to work, but she's really
great."
Gough
reveals that the 1984 Supergirl movie
does not inspire or affect the Smallville
take on the character. "I don't think
it affects what we're doing at all,"
Gough said. "I remember seeing it and
being bored out of my tree, [even though]
Jeannot Szwarc who's directed many episodes
of Smallville directed it, and we certainly
would do our damnedest to get Helen Slater
onto the show this year."
Millar
tells us that Kara's first appearance is in
the season premiere. "How could she not
be?" he enthused.
Gough
and Millar were faced with the inevitable
question of a Supergirl spin-off, and if there
are any chances of it happening. "There's
always a chance," Gough laughed, assuring
that such decisions are up to the CW network.
"They could have had Aquaman, they could
have had the Green Arrow. Who knows."
Miles
Millar added that the network could have also
had a Lois Lane spin-off show if they had
wanted one.
Another
character to have a big year this year is
Lois Lane, as played by Erica Durance. "Lois
actually has a very interesting season,"
Gough said. "She is going to get hired
by the Daily Planet, and there's a young editor
who's been brought in to kind of age down
the Planet. The Planet's kind of the gray
lady of newspapers, and now they want a younger,
hipper audience, so they bring in this guy
whose name is Grant Gabriel, and he takes
an interest in Lois. The editor likes her
chutzpah and clearly has some sort of romantic
interest in her as well, so they have a lot
of good scenes. It's very Front Page, actually.
It's two machine guns kind of going at it."
Gough
and Durance also reveal that there will be
scene in the season's second episode where
Lois claims to have seen Kara's spaceship.
Apparently the ship is seen, and then it is
gone just as quickly. "Everyone thinks
she's crazy," Erica said.
Justin
Hartley will return as Oliver Queen for several
episodes of the new season around the middle
of the year. "He's somebody that Clark
can go for help when he needs assistance,"
Miles Millar said. "He's definitely somebody
that Clark can call on, and quite frankly,
in the early seasons, the way he could call
on Lex. Now he has a new billionaire boy,"
Gough added.
Is
Lois over Oliver? "Oh, yeah!" Erica
Durance said enthusiastically, before being
told of the creators' plans.
"Lois
says she's over Oliver, but let me put it
this way, when Lois and Oliver meet again,
there's not going to be any doe-eyed, weeping
Lois," Gough promised.
"What
is that thing about a woman spurned?"
Erica added.
Look
for Season 7 to premiere on The CW September
27.
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