2003 TV News Archives

Lionel Luthor

February 18, 2003: John Glover Talks Lionel Luthor

Zap2It.com recently interviewed John Glover about his role as Lionel Luthor in the TV show "Smallville". Here's an excerpt from the interview...

All through the first and now second season of "Smallville," Lionel has battled, undercut, spied on, cheated and impeded Lex in the young man's attempts to assert his own business independence. The question is -- is it just Lionel being a bad dad, or is it all for Lex's own good?

"That's how I put it in my mind," Glover says. "That they're basically tests to strengthen him. I don't know how well you remember the pilot, but little Lex, on the day of the meteor shower" -- which heralded Clark's arrival in Smallville from outer space -- "he was just so terrified and frightened and couldn't be in the helicopter."

"So I've taken it from that -- that they're all tests to strengthen his character, to make him a stronger, better person, to take over the empire."

Read the complete interview at the Zap2It website.



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