Details On Smallville Retrospective That Was Shown At NYCC

Miller and Gough initially pitched a show to WB about Lois Lane in college because they assumed they wouldn’t be able to get Superman; WB came back with Superman

Tom Welling’s very placid style of portraying Clark Kent developed from his complete and utter terror as an acting novice

John Glover – who played Lionel Luthor, Lex’s father – was originally only hired for a small part, but he did so well they expanded his role

John Schneider – who played Jonathon Kent, Clark’s adoptive father – based his relationship with Clark on his relationship with his son, who has Asperger’s; in fact, he likened parenting “Superman” to parenting a special needs child

The numerous identity switching episodes were utilized not only because they were a fun way of exploring the characters, but they were also very cheap and made room for bigger, more action-packed episodes later on

When Smallville was moved to a very competitive timeslot on Thursdays in season 5, everybody believed that would be the end of the show – but then it pulled better ratings than ever before

For the series finale, Allison Mack begged the producers not to kill Chloe – because she’d been killed so many times before

There are numerous behind-the-scenes clips where Michael Rosenbaum just goofs off and messes with the crew