2003 TV News Archives

Perry

October 29, 2003: Michael McKean Talks “Smallville”

Zap2It.com caught up with Michael McKean to talk to him about playing Perry White in "Smallville". Here's an excerpt from the interview...

In "Perry," White is a hard-drinking, scruffy scribe looking for a break while researching paranormal weirdness in Smallville. When Clark saves White's life by pulling the door off his wrecked car, White starts thinking he's found his ticket back to the big show.

"He's one of those guys, I have a feeling, that could find a way to blame all his problems on other people," McKean says. "He thinks he may have found the story that's going to put him back on the A-list, but he also learns you can't pin everything on a story, because if it goes away, you're dead."

Despite the obvious temptation to pair McKean and O'Toole in a scene, the actor says, "We're in one shot together, and we're about 100 yards away, so we do not interact. But it was fun. I'm down at one end of the driveway going, 'Hey, Netty.' She waved to me, 'Mikey.'

"It was pretty sickening, generally, so I think they probably kept us apart on purpose for that very reason, because we're so nauseating. We're not, actually. We're precious."

Read the complete interview at the Zap2It.com website.



2003 Television News

Listed below are all the Television News items archived for 2003 organized into 4 categories:

“Smallville” News:

“Justice League” and “Superman” Animated Series News: “Lois & Clark” News: Other Superman Related Television News:

Back to the News Archive Contents page.

Back to the Latest News page.