Kristin Kreuk recently attended the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois and the Superman Homepage was able to get her panel on video! Kristin touched upon many topics in the nearly 45 minute long panel, but most interestingly, she revealed that she had indeed been invited to return for Smallville’s final season, but she had declined.
“I just wanted her to be off in imaginary land,” Kristin told the panel moderator. “I wanted her to keep living the life that she had gone off to live, and I didn’t want to bring her back into the world. I really struggled with all of the love triangle stuff and I just didn’t see how we’d come back and add another closure to the story that wasn’t about Clark and Lois.”
She was asked about that conclusion that Lana had in Smallville Season 8, which she said she liked based on the story that Smallville had been telling. “I like that she got to have her independence and got to find the path forward for herself that was tied to what she believed in, her moral compass, her values. I like that she got to separate herself from these men. If the show had been a different show, would there have been a different ending? Maybe, yes. But I like that. Because her stories were so tied to these men, it was such a nice thing for her to honor herself,” she said.
One thing Kristin Kreuk does not think about, though, is that Lois “replaced” Lana on the series. “I didn’t think of it that way,” Kristin told a fan. “I never did. I thought they were two different storylines, and I really struggle with the idea that one woman replaces another woman, and I struggle with the idea that these womens’ lives don’t continue on, and they aren’t full and beautiful lives. So, I don’t know that she was replaced by someone else; I think that her connection to Clark changes, and she builds her own future. That’s how I saw it, anyway.”
And would Kristin have any advice to give teenaged Lana Lang, if they were to meet?
“Part of me just wants her to avoid that tall, dark haired blue eyed guy. Just avoid him entirely. I know he’s beautiful, and his heart’s so good, but what would have happened if she just went to therapy and found a caretaker who wasn’t Nell, and lived a normal life… what could have been?”
With that said, though, some of the wild things that Lana Lang went through on Smallville were a lot of fun for an actor, where there’s always a sense of wondering what will happen next. “That’s the fun thing about being on a fantasy show. You get to do crazy stuff. You can be possessed by a witch for a season of a TV show. You can become a vampire. You can be sprayed by a flower and act like a crazy person. There’s an unlimited number of wild things you can do, and when you’re doing 21, 22 episodes a season, you’ve gotta keep it fresh a little bit, right?”
And yes, she would consider a Smallville reunion. “We’ve talked about this a lot. I think we’re all open to it. I know that we’re not babies anymore,” she admitted. “The boys have been working on this animated thing for a million years now. I don’t know what’s happening with that, but that has been the main idea, I think, moving forward.”
You can watch video of the panel below.
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Hi Craig Thank you for publishing this article and video about Kristen Kruik.I have always been a Smallville fan. I remember when you were writing about the series. I appreciate your efforts. Nick