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 Christopher
Reeve Returns to Smallville!
The
WB has announced that legendary Superman Christopher Reeve
will be returning to his role as Dr. Virgil Swann for an
episode of Smallville set to air on April 14.
The
episode is titled "Legacy," and his scenes with John
Glover and Tom Welling were shot on Monday, January 19 in New
York.
"I
just know, from the little Al has told me that, you know, I
have a certain amount of information about Clark. So I think
I come to him to try to find some more," Glover told KryptonSite
at the WB's 2004 press tour.
Executive
Producer Miles Millar also spoke with KryptonSite that evening.
"The information that Swann gives Clark will send Clark
off in a new direction," Miles told us. "It really
sets up the last half of the season in a really cool way."
Millar
also spoke with SciFi.com
at the press tour, and had this to say: "When we bring
Chris back, it's always a mythology episode. He always gives
a piece of Clark's mythology, his destiny. So for us, it's always
a big moment when he comes into the show. And I think it basically
... sends Clark into a new direction. And it's something that
will actually be going into next season. And it will be signficant.
I think it will be every intriguing for people to hear what
he has to say and the information he has for Clark." To
read the complete article at SciFi.com, click
here.
NEWLY
ADDED! John Glover and Tom Welling were both seen filming
with Christopher Reeve at the New York Public Library on Monday,
January 19. This should be a very good episode indeed!
NEWLY
ADDED! John Glover told Sci
Fi Wire this about the episode: "What's so exciting,
too, is the fact that always before you've seen Lionel with
people that he's five steps ahead of," Glover told the
site. "And now you'll see him with somebody who has more
knowledge, more power. So it'll be interesting to see Lionel
in a relationship with somebody like that." Read the whole
article here.
See
an image of John Glover, Christopher Reeve, and Tom Welling!
Here's
the WB's press release:
CHRISTOPHER
REEVE RETURNS TO "SMALLVILLE"
Burbank,
CA January 13, 2004
REEVE'S CHARACTER, DR. SWANN, PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE SUPER
SERIES' MYTHOLOGY
Christopher Reeve will return to SMALLVILLE, it was announced
today at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour.
The big screen Clark Kent/Superman will reprise his role of
Dr. Swann in an episode that will air on Wednesday, April 14
at (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) on The WB.
Just
as he did in his first appearance on the hit drama last season,
Reeve's Dr. Swann will help advance the Superman mythology.
As Lionel Luthor (John Glover) closes in on Clark Kent's (Tom
Welling) secret, he approaches Dr. Swann for information. Concerned
for Clark's safety, Dr. Swann warns him that Lionel is getting
closer to the truth. Last season, Dr. Swann came into contact
with Clark and filled him in on his origins and home planet
of Krypton. The episode was one of the highest-rated in the
history of the hit series.
Reeve,
who brought the Clark Kent/Superman character to life in four
"Superman" motion pictures, was paralyzed in a horseback-riding
accident, and is continuing to fight to walk again. With his
wife Dana, he continues his work as an advocate for paralysis
research. Together, the Reeves opened The Christopher and Dana
Reeve Paralysis Resource Center, the nation's first facility
devoted to teaching paralyzed people to live more independently.
SMALLVILLE
was written and developed by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
based on the DC Comics characters. Gough and Millar serve as
executive producers, along with Greg Beeman, Mike Tollin, Brian
Robbins, Joe Davola and Ken Horton. The series is produced by
Tollin/Robbins Productions and Warner Bros. Television. SUPERMAN
was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
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