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January 26, 2002: Teen Hollywood Interview Michael Rosenbaum

Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor in "Smallville", sat down with Teen Hollywood recently to answer a few questions. Titled "Michael Rosenbaum: From Lex Luthor to Han Solo?", here's an excerpt from the interview...

Now starring as the chrome dome Lex Luthor in the TV hit Smallville, Michael Rosenbaum is finding that the so-called bad guy can be a chick magnet! You've seen him in the Urban Legend films as Parker and in the Keanu Reeves film Sweet November. He grew up in Indiana and moved to New York where he did theater until heading for indie films and TV guest shots. He played Jonathan in the Tom comedy series and plays ice hockey for kicks. We talked to him at a WB party in a trendy Italian bistro in Pasadena, California and learned that, among other goals, he'd like to play the young Han Solo in a Star Wars film... Han with hair... of course...

Q: How did you start out in the acting biz?

A: I did high school theater, college theater. I did everything and worked my way up. Shakespeare, all that. I moved to New York and did a movie called 1999 with Jennifer Garner. My first real studio film was Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, then Urban Legends.

Visit the Teen Hollywood website to read the complete interview.