Smallville’s dearly departed Lionel Luthor is back in action this week, and E! Online had the pleasure of chatting up his alter ego John Glover. Here are the highlights.
What was your reaction to finding out they wanted you back on the show?
It was a big surprise. When Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson called me and said, “Would you be interested in coming back?” I said, “How in the world could I do that? I must have been a pile of broken bones and organs all smooshed together—I got pushed out of a 30-story office window.” But they found this quite interesting way and the episode is a lot of fun.What about the surprising new father-daughter dynamic between Tess (Cassidy Freeman) and Lionel?
When they told me that I had an illegitimate daughter who’s running the Daily Planet, I was shocked. But then I saw her and everything was fine, because Cassidy is swell. We had a great time working together.Any chance alterna-Lionel is a big ol’ softie?
See, I believed in [the original Lionel]. I saw the love and the heart and the soul of that Lionel. He did such beautiful things for Lex; what other father, in a way to strengthen his son, would give his son shock treatment—twice! That’s because he loved him so much. It was only to make him strong, you see? [Laughs.]
Don’t miss “Luthor“, the start of John’s incredible four-episode arc, on Smallville this Friday at 8/7c on the CW.
