2009 TV News Archives

Shanks, Irvin & Stait

October 20, 2009: "Smallville" Casts All Three JSA Members

IGN.com reveals who the actors are that have been cast in the roles of two of the three JSA members set to appear in the "Society" episode of "Smallville".

    Playing Hawkman will be an actor who brings his own notable sci-fi following to the role. Michael Shanks, who has recently been appearing on Burn Notice, but is best known as Dr. Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1, will portray the classic DC hero.

    Dr. Fate will be played by Brent Stait, who had an ongoing role on Andromeda as Rev Bem. Stait also has experience in the Stargate world, having guest starred on Stargate Atlantis and appearing in the direct-to-DVD movie Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods.

Matt Mitovich at FanCast.com reports that the third JSA member will indeed be Stargirl (as previously speculated)...

    I can report exclusively that Britt Irvin will guest-star in the super-anticipated episode as Stargirl (real name: Courtney Whitmore).

    Irvin's credits include the big-screen comedy 'Hot Rod,' The CW's 'Aliens in America' and the teen-oriented series 'The Assistants.'

Hawkman, Dr. Fate and Stargirl will all appear in the episode written by Geoff Johns, which is scheduled to air on January 29, 2010.

Update: Geoff Johns adds via his Twitter page that "Hawkman will have wings. And a big mace. Oh. And he and Green Arrow don't get along. At all."

Thanks to Scott Stamper and John Jones for the leads on this info.



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