At first, I didn't realize that the host of this online show is Michael Rosenbaum, who very brilliantly played Lex Luthor on the TV series Smallville.
Tom Welling was great on the show as a teenage Clack Kent. Although he was glad to have a job, he talks like it was overwhelming, working long hours for ten months each season. He did not have fun on the show.
The full version of the interview is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XGsP5Y6Ae4
Tom Welling doesn't come across as interesting as the character he played.
This prompted me to rewatch the first episode of Smallville. Twenty-two years ago, I thought the series was brilliant. Although it is still good, it is a bit dated. The show is very teenage-friendly, which has less appeal to me now than it did 22 years ago.
Smallville started on the WB network right after Buffy the Vampire Slayer left the network. The first couple of seasons of Smallville seem very similar to the first couple of seasons of Buffy with many Monster of the Week episodes.
BTW, Buffy the Vampire Slayer started as a mid-season replacement show, and the first season was not that great. However, it got really good mid-way into season 2. As the series progressed, there were a few extremely brilliant episodes. Joss Whedon did a few experimental episodes to great effect, like making one of the shows a musical, and another episode with almost no dialogue.
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