Uhm… That was not Michael Rosenbaum.

Sorry to disappoint all the fans who might have thought Michael was playing cameos on Smallville, but that was just a body double, so says the man himself.

In an interview with an old friend from The Windy City Times, Michael Rosenbaum remarked that he feels it unfair to the fans that they’re not seeing the real thing.

“People think they have seen me on the show since then (when he left) but I found out they have been using body doubles to pretend that it’s me. I don’t know how fair that is to the fans.”

The big question on my mind, as on others too, is – is Michael ever going to come back to Smallville… (please, even for just an episode)?

Michael’s answer was both sad and funny.

WCT: So you don’t think you will ever come back?

Michael: No. I told the producers that I would only come back for the last episode or two if they let me wear a bald cap. I just grew my hair out.

I guess he’s had enough of being bald! It turns out, Michael had to be on set two hours before everyone, everyday, to get his head shaved. And he couldn’t even wear a hat, poor thing.

It wore out its welcome. Seven years everyday, filming in Vancouver, freezing my ass off. I couldn’t even wear a hat because my makeup would get ruined. I had to be there two hours before the crew got there to shave my head. The makeup girl was like my therapist. She knew everything about me and knew I wasn’t coming back. I am truly grateful to the show. It put me on the map. It gave me financial stability. I am able to take care of my mother’s gambling problem!

So that’s it? No cameos, no closures? Smallville producers, if you’re reading this, it is soo easy to give Michael a bald cap, so please let the man have his way and get him to say a proper goodbye to Lex Luthor.

Meantime, Michael moves on to other projects and you can read all about that and others, in the rest of the interview.

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  By now, “Smallville” followers know that Davis Bloome becomes Doomsday, the ultimate Kryptonian to stand as the archnemesis of Superman. Actor Sam Witwer understands his character better than anyone else, and he tells me EXCLUSIVELY who Davis Bloome really is.

“Davis may or may not become Doomsday. You never know!” Sam teases.

Tune in again tomorrow for my one-on-one interview with Sam Witwer!

Meanwhile, let’s talk about these promo images.

Clark Kent talks to Davis Bloom and asks him pointed questions about his involvement in the killings.

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Clark wants answers and he’s not backing off. Will his friends help him uncover the truth? One of them, a former non-human, appears at the Daily Planet. More images (and theories) after the cut.

The Martian Manhunter is back!

Clark talks to Chloe… (click on the images for a larger resolution)

… and Chloe talks to Davis, and there’s a dead body nearby.

What are you hiding, Davis? “Prey” unfolds this Thursday at the CW. Meanwhile, don’t forget to read my interview with Sam Witwer tomorrow!

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If you’re wondering as I am how a villain like her turns out to be a mom in the future, Brea told TV Guide that really Daphne is “a villain with a purpose”, but she’s not a killer. “Daphne is a girl who has a different set of rules than we have. She feels like she has to do what she has to do to get the life she wants.”

Brea also reveals there her high school track medal plays a bigger part “that people realize”. Daphne is so emotionally invested in, and getting paid for, what she’s doing that her motivations are complicated.

Brea had little idea that she was going to be deeply involved in the story of “Heroes” volume 3. She did know Matt Parkman was going to be her “soul mate”. After last week’s glimpse into the future Mrs. Parkman, Brea reveals that they are going to meet in the near future, although Parkman will be a little thrown with the Speedster’s ways.

“We definitely seem like opposites at this point in time. Daphne is very playful, but she has to make some hard decisions about where her life is going, so she may calm down a bit. She sees all these things happen involving the formula and she has to make decisions about who she ends up with – which may or may not be the future that you saw.”

Get the complete interview here, which reveals a little about the turtle, and the stunt Daphne pulled on Ando.

“Heroes” continues tonight with episode 3.05 “Angels and Monsters” and we’ll get a chance to see who Daphne works for and who else is recruiting her. Or do you already know?

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Her own woman

The chemistry between Allison Mack and Tom Welling has always been evident to fans, and hopefuls still want their Smallville characters to become more than friends. Asked how Allison and Tom got that chemistry to work, the actress admitted they won’t work at it at all. “There’s an affection for each other – I adore him, and I think there’s a similar fondness for me back – and that comes from “growing up” together.” The two have been on the show the longest, and the fondness stays strong from season to season. “That isn’t something we have to rekindle. It will always exist between us.”

However, their characters are a different story this season. Chloe doesn’t work at the Daily Planet anymore, and she devotes her time to getting the Isis Foundation thriving, as well as sidelining with Justin Hartley’s Green Arrow. Chloe now wants a separate, independent life away from Clark Kent. Allison says Chloe is tired of just running around and doing whatever she thinks Clark needs. “Well, she’s come to have superpowers, she’s been killed about four times [Laughs], she’s getting married, she’s been infected by Brainiac. I think she has come into her own in a way that she never has before… She’s grown into her own woman.”

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That infection by Brainiac happened in the final hours of season 7, when Brainiac tried to do Lana on Chloe but was aborted when Chloe began giving off a strange light. Brainiac was so taken aback that he cried “what are you?!”. What, or who indeed is the new Chloe? Brainiac has altered some of Chloe’s abilities and made her ridiculously intelligent. Now, she she is able to process information in a way that is beyond anything anyone could imagine. Not just a super-hacker, Chloe can actually “relate to computers in a way she never was able to before,” explains Allison.

Evil tendencies of Kryptonian origin

But apparently, Brainiac didn’t alter just her mind. Like the interactive construct, Allison is now pulled into the dark side, and somehow connects with Sam Witwer’s Davis Bloome. Chloe is “struggling with this pull towards Davis and these dark, evil tendencies and a want to destroy things, which is very much Brainiac.”

Uh-oh, that doesn’t bode well for our goody-two-shoes. Allison admits Chloe is still going with the tried-and-true Jimmy but there is definitely an attraction with Davis that she can not explain. “There’s an attraction to Davis that neither of us can understand, one that comes from a Krypton sort of place.”

Going sinister

What else can Allison add about Davis and his descent to Doomsday?

“It’s going to take a little while before she actually starts evaluating that there might be something wrong with him. She’s defending him right now, in a pretty major way.” Admitting that there might be something amiss with Davis means Chloe would have to recognize that there was something negative about her.

Is Chloe going to be completely sinister like Doomsday?

“She was a very good soul with very good intentions, and she still strives to be that, but she’s not necessarily succeeding anymore.”

I wonder that Allison means by that. TV Guide gets the actress talking some more in a second interview, so I’ll keep my eyes open for this one. I know Chloe fans would love to hear about their fave Smallville actors.

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Lois Lane becomes Clark’s mentor, at least that’s what she thinks she’s doing. But like the pushy reporter that she is, Lois goes undercover and takes on a bad guy in her party dress! And then she becomes super-Lois as an “alien’s wife”. We might see this in episode 8.08 “Bloodline”, where Kara is also expected to appear.

More spoilers on “Smallville” season 8 episodes are found here.

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As Allison adds, “It’s gonna be gritty, dark and there are lots of things we haven’t explored. Be ready to see more crime drama!”

What we now know:

• Her new powers were integrated into her brain with a battle with Brainiac.
• The healing-tear power will come back.
• We’ll see her in a white dress.
• Chloe and Clark gets into a lot of conflicts, as she cuts many strings.
• Someone dies!

Get more scoop on “Smallville” season 8 at the episode guide.

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As Sam injects, “I’m really sorry about wanting to do your boy-in-blue. It’s my job. I love my work. I will kick his **s, sorry!”

What we now know:

• Clark and Davis strike an interesting friendship
• Davis Bloome character will be “dragged into the mud and tear him peice by piece”
• We’ll eventually see Doomsday

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The present and future collide in episode 304, as revealed by an IGN interview of Milo Ventimiglia.

Here’s what we now know:

• It’s now five to seven years in the future.
• Future Sylar is no longer the boogieman, and he’s friends with future Peter! (Ha, I didn’t see that coming)
• More people have flying abilities. (Does this mean Mohinder’s tests were a success?)
• Patriarch Arthur Petrelli is a megalomania. He wants to be the most powerful (and guess who of his “sons” take after him?)

Read the IGN interview to find out how Milo Ventimiglia switches from being Present Peter to Future Peter to Peter-in-a-guy. As Milo admits, “Oh, it gets so confusing!”

To get your head in the game, get scoops on the rest of “Heroes” volume 3 episodes here.

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As The German.

Last episode, we saw this 6-foot escapee beat someone like it was a doll. Then he flicked his hands and the car doors opened. Could you tell me a little bit more about the German?

Ken Lally: Cool. I don’t know if it was based on me or they cast me because I was like him, but my character was developed in the graphic novel. The German was a bank robber, a super villain who could manipulate metal. Company people went to go and tracked him down, and ultimately they caught him and stuck in Level Five.

I want to ask you what his background is, what type of person he is.

Ken: Actually, it’s good to have ambiguity on the show because the writers can do anything they want. Some of the characters even have names in the script that are like HRG and the Haitian. Some have ambiguous backgrounds and no names so the writers can take them in any direction they want as per fans interest. That’s pretty cool.

I read a “Company dossier” on your MySpace page that the German has highly sociopath instincts. Were you able to explore that part of the character yet?

Ken: Oh yeah! It’s a great part of the character because obviously you can manipulate metal. People are comparing me to Magneto, but the thing that I think separates me from Magneto is that I love just kicking ass. (Laughter) I mean I can do these powers and I have this ability, but I’m kind of an ultra-violent guy and really enjoy an old fashion beat down as you saw on the first season premier. I mean while Flint, played by Blake Shield, was using his power to express himself as it were. (Laughter) I wasn’t using my power to express myself. I was just throwing somebody a good beating because I’m brutal, sociopathic and also violent.

And on Monday we are going to rob a bank, as I was told online.

That’s one of the descriptions and so The German is an integral part of that. But there is also a larger story line that my character is a part of that I can’t tell you about, but if the writers choose to pursue it then you’ll be seeing a lot more of me.

Are you going to be that violent when you rob the bank?

Ken: Oh, it’s on. (Laughter)

I imagine you’re going to throw the vault open. You know, have all the metal come to you and then just everything’s open for the taking.

Ken: Well, I can’t comment on that. But you can definitely see what happens on Monday.

As a Villain.

So, how is it working with the other villains? You are all new to the show.

Ken: Oh it’s great. Actually Blake Shield and I have become fast friends and we are actually traveling together. I believe he’s still coming. We are going to the London MCM comic con in late October and we’re going to sign autographs and meet the fans. We are trying to get Jamie Hector who plays Knox to come along. We’ve been texting seriously back and forth trying to get Jamie to come. I was going to go to San Jose for the Comic Con on the 4^th and 5^th but now I’m not going to be able to go. Yeah, but we are good friends, Blake and I, and Jamie’s a great pal and we have a good time hanging out, Jamie’s a martial artist like I am and Blake’s just a smartass like me. (Laughter) So, we all get along pretty well.

The writers are brilliant and they’re really cool, too. The whole set is just a big family.

How far along is “Heroes” now?

Ken: I’m not sure. One of my things to do today is call production and find out how far along. I am not sure; I’d have to find that out. I know up to at least episode six, but they bounce around a lot because there are so many stars of the show that it’s tough to juggle everyone’s schedule so that they can work on episode two and the next day, they’ll work on episode, like, ten. In episode 302, we shot elements and parts a month apart. We shot the bulk of it I think in June and then more scenes in other pickups about a month later. It’s spread out pretty well.

Now, I hate to ask this but you know in “Heroes” people end up dead. Do we see any deaths among the villains in the near future?

Ken: Yeah I can’t comment on that, but I can tell you, as you know on the show, just because you die don’t always necessarily mean you are gone.

On the set it was funny because they were joking about how they have a wall of death and they take pictures of everyone who dies on the show and apparently half the people on the wall of death are alive again. (Laughter) The writers are very smart and they are really crafty at engineering something when necessary.

As the fighter.

Your background in stunts has often come in handy. You must get to use your martial arts a lot in “Heroes”.

Ken: Well, I do. The first night we blocked out a fight and we blocked out a fight two different ways and then Greg Beeman wanted to put a camera in a different spot. So, we had to block out the same fight a third time. So, yeah it’s come in really handy. Having a stunt background and a fight background came in handy my first day of shooting. I know that being able to act action and being able to do stunts and fight has gotten me at least half of the parts I’ve gotten on stage in New York and London and on film and TV. In Shakespeare I’m getting cast as the sword expert or Tybalt in “Romeo and Juliet” or Claudius in “Hamlet” and fighting and playing the bad guy.

I can help block out the scene and really create a dynamic fight scene with other actors who aren’t as skilled as I am. It’s really come in handy. I actually coached one of the actors in an episode. In episode 303, I had to coach one of the actor’s stunt-fighting because he was just too fast.

I’ve done boxing and kick boxing coaching for actors on film and sword fighting and fencing. It’s a really good skill for a Shakespearian actor and a film actor to have because it’s coming around a lot these days.

As a Spy-kid

You mentioned that your dad was a real-life spy?

Yeah he told me. He left a letter for me, a posthumous letter for my brother and I explaining how he worked for the NSA in a division called COMINT which is the highest, apparently the highest level of the NSA, which reports directly to the president.

He was recruited as a teenager in the Cold War, because he had a very high IQ and aptitude for language and technology. I don’t really know when he stopped working for the NSA. I know he worked with the DIA at the Pentagon, because I never really knew this.

I knew he worked for military intelligence, but I never really knew the extent of what he did until after he was dead. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

You must be very proud of him.

Ken: I’m very proud of my father. Unfortunately, I wish there were more details on how he died. But all I know is he died on a bicycling trip in France with a bunch of former East Germans and the BOD wouldn’t allow the French to perform an autopsy and he was cremated. It’s all so sketchy. I don’t know what he was doing or what was going on.

Sounds like a spy movie, huh?

Ken: Yeah, I wrote a script about it actually because you know, he met my mother in Berlin and he worked for China and Berlin. So hopefully one of these when I can get that script made, because it’s a really interesting story.

I’m sure it is. I have never met a spy, but sometimes you think, oh yeah I want to meet one. Well, you actually lived with one!

Ken: You know that’s really funny because growing up, he really kind of helped me. He wanted me to be a Navy Seal. He always brought home weapons manuals from the DIA and he had me reading all these Robert Ludlum books and he couldn’t tell me what he did, but he kind of guided me along a similar path.

One of my aunts says he was instrumental in establishing free trade with the Chinese, but I’ve heard so many stories, I don’t know what to believe. I figure I’ll find out next time I met him.

You’re making your own path too. I’m sure he’s proud of where you are right now.

Ken: Yeah, I hope so. I believe so.

I hope to talk to you again when we have more of the episodes. I guess we’ll see where your character goes and what’s going to happen to him and how awful he is as a German villain.

Ken: (Laughter) Well, tune into G4. The show G4 online has a show called “Attack of the Show” and me and some of the other villains are going to be on there on Monday broadcasting live. I think they’ve given us permission to talk more freely about the show on “Attack of the Show”.

I’m also going to be on “Yo! on E”, which is definitely on Sirius satellite. It’s a radio. Some of the guys and I will talk about tonight’s episode.

Anyone can contact me on my space and I’m pretty active on the web sites and I will be at the Comic Con in London late next month and I will be happy to talk about anything that’s already aired.

Hopefully, I might be in New York in November but just keep your eyes peeled and me and the boys will hopefully be making the round.

It’s your season, the villains.

Ken: Yeah, and you know it’s important for the show and it’s important for us as actors and entertainers to stay in touch with the fans. So, we are really going to try and do that.

Well, thank you Ken, it was really nice talking to you.

Ken: My pleasure.

So that’s it. Ken Lally was very affable in the interview, but wait till we see him as The German and he starts kicking butts! It’s on. It’s heroes versus villains this season, folks. Wanna bet who wins this round?

Tomorrow, it’s “Heroes” episode 3.03 “One of us, one of them“. Get the scoop on the rest of the volume 3 episodes here. 

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E! Online interviewed Erica Durance and she was ready to spill some Smallville secrets!

Spoiler for the photo? An upcoming episode has Lois and Clark playing a couple as part of an investigation. Of course, Lois plays it to the hilt and Clark is ever-awkward. Play-acting or not, CLois fans will be swooning!

Will there be a love story? Erica reveals the writers are taking it slowly and carefully. After all, it is THE love story of Superman. As for Lois Lane, Erica wants to make sure her character “earns the right to be loved by Superman.” AWWW.

What does Lois think of the Good Samaritan (a term Metropolis calls the new crime fighter)? The line Lois told Clark – “I’m going to find out who this hero is and that’s going to be my mission in life.” Are we going to expect that the ace reporter Lois Lane will get herself in trouble to see if she can nail him down?

About Chloe’s new love? Never the most tactful, Lois Lane will stick both feet in her mouth at the most inopportune time.

Read the full interview at E! Online. There is also a scoop about Lex Luthor and a season 9(?).

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