Courier Press has recently caught up with Michael Rosenbaum and asked him about returning to “Smallville” to as Lex Luthor.
“I just felt like it was the right thing to do,” said Rosenbaum.
“I felt the fans created the show and they followed me at such a level that I couldn’t say no. I was starting to hear voices. I felt after 160 episodes, that was it. But the fans didn’t think so. I’m doing it for them. I’ve got to make the fans happy. Lex is an integral part of the show. No one expects a show to last 10 years. I gave them seven years and I thought it was pretty commendable. Now it’s been on three more years. Clark is starting to look like he’s in his 30s.”
“Obviously there’s unfinished business between Clark and Lex that have got to get resolved,” said Rosenbaum, who left the show three years ago for personal reasons. “Our future is depending on it.”
Unlike his earlier appearances, he plans to wear a bald cap.
“There are other projects that I am working on that require hair,” Rosenbaum said, laughing. “It takes four months to grow back.”
I commend MR on coming back for the final episode. However, it seems like it was the backlash from the fans that prompted him to do so. Some of the comments also seem to be disrespectful to the show itself. The show being on for 10 years is a great achievment and he should have recognized that in his comments. The “I gave them seven years” and “Clark is starting to look like 30 something” comments should have not have been made or at least deleted from the post.