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Oct 16, 2022 · Oct 16, 2022, 5:06 AM PDT. Tom Welling played Clark Kent. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for A Sense of Home. "Smallville" turns 21 on October 16. It starred Tom Welling as a teenage (and later...
Nov 19, 2019 · Here, it’s a brief scene from Superman III (1983), showing the titular character paying a visit to Lana Lang. This is a rare interior Then & Now, as more times than not they just don’t work in tight spaces (many reasons). This Superman, third in the original franchise, did a lot of filming in and around Calgary and High River in particular.
- Terence Stamp
- Laura Vandervoort
- Eric Johnson
- Aaron Ashmore
- Cassidy Freeman
- Sam Jones III
- Justin Hartley
- John Schneider
- Annette O'Toole
- Erica Durance
Long before Terence Stamp graced the small screen as Kal-El's biological father, Jor-El, in Smallville, he famously played one of Superman's perennial enemies, General Zod, in Richard Donner and Richard Lester's Superman and Superman II, respectively. Since then, Stamp has starred in numerous films and TV series, including Star Wars: Episode I -- T...
Nowadays, most people associate Supergirl with Melissa Benoist, but the fact is, there was another small screen Supergirl who came before her: Laura Vandervoort. Vandervoort made her debut as Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El, in the seventh season of Smallvilleand held a main role throughout the season, which then became a recurring role for the rest...
Other than Superman villains, Clark Kent had many rivals on Smallville-- and it all began with high school jock and Lana Lang's boyfriend, Whitney Fordman, played by Eric Johnson. He appeared as a main cast member in the series' first season, though his character was eventually written off later that year. For the next three years, Johnson would ap...
Aaron Ashmore -- whose identical twin brother, Shawn Ashmore, famously played Iceman in the X-Men movies -- took upon the role of photographer Jimmy Olsen in Smallville. He first appeared in the series' sixth season and had a recurring role until he was ultimately killed off in the season eight finale. Interestingly enough at the character's funera...
A late addition to the series, Cassidy Freeman's Tess Mercer appears as the new CEO of LuthorCorp following Lex Luthor's disappearance in the season seven finale. Although her character's arc begins with her attempting to find Lex, she eventually became close friends with Clark and even went as far as to protect his secret identity. Interestingly, ...
Before Clark had the help of the Watchtowerand the future Justice League members, he had Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross, his two closest friends. Ross, played by Sam Jones III, was a prominent character during the first three seasons, though he was eventually written off in order to protect Clark's identity. Although he left after the third season, J...
Fans will fondly remember Justin Hartley as Smallville's billionaire Oliver Queen, but before he became the Star City-based superhero, Hartley was once tapped to bring Aquaman to life on the small screen. Although the would-be Aquaman pilot never aired, Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar were impressed with Hartley's performance enou...
One of the most recognizable actors on this list is undoubtedly John Schneider, whose prolific career extends to both acting and singing. Younger audiences may know Schneider as being Clark's adoptive father, Jonathan Kent, who was killed in the series' 100th episode from a heart attack (on the night of his election as to the United States Senate, ...
Like Terence Stamp, Annette O'Toole had a role in the original Superman movie series, famously starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. In Richard Lester's Superman III, O'Toole appears as Clark's former teenage love interest from his hometown, Lana Lang. Interestingly, almost two decades after O'Toole played Clark Kent's former love-interes...
Virtually every superhero out there has that one primary love interest -- Spider-Man has Mary Jane Watson, Barry Allen has Iris West, and Superman has Lois Lane, award-winning journalist for The Daily Planet. Erica Durance made her debut as Lane in the series' fourth season, in which she had a prominent recurring role. She was made a series regular...
Sep 21, 2023 · Annette O’Toole. “Superman III” (1983): Annette O’Toole was the first actress to bring an adult Lana Lang to the big screen in “Superman III.” Her portrayal as a single mother stuck in Smallville also touched on Clark’s boyhood infatuation with Lana and their relationship as adults. Stacy Haiduk. “Superboy” (1988-1992):
Superman: The Movie [] To be added. Superman III [] Lana Lang was Clark Kent's high-school sweetheart who later in life became a single mother raising a son named Ricky and trying to fend off the unwanted affections of her former boyfriend Brad, who was a drunk working at a security guard.
She has since appeared in such iconic films as 48 Hrs., Cat People, and Superman III as Lana Lang. (She has played Superman's adoptive mother and, here, his girlfriend.) Her favorite - out of all the TV and films - is the 1987 movie Cross My Heart, in which she co-starred with Martin Short as a couple on their third date, both of whom are ...
Mar 28, 2022 · Lana Lang had been brought back into the Superman comics as a regular character in the late 1970s, but it wasn't until late 1982, with the Superman III movie on its way, that a now-single Lana (she had almost married the alien superhero, Vartox), asked Clark out on a date in Superman #380 (by Cary Bates, Curt Swan and Dave Hunt)...