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August 9, 2006: Aaron Ashmore Talks About His Role on “Smallville”

If you haven't heard what role Aaron Ashmore will be playing in Season 6 of "Smallville", then you'll want to skip this news report...

For those still reading, iF Magazine caught up with the young actor, and asked him about his role as Jimmy Olsen, and how his character would interact with the other cast members...

Q: The biggest exception is that there won't be as much of an age difference between Jimmy and Clark as is normally represented?

ASHMORE: I don't know if it'll build up to be more of a friendship. With this age difference, we're pretty much piers. Obviously you have to do your own thing, but at the same time we're trying to stick to the mythology and all of the stuff that is there already.

Q: So your character will be joining the series as a photographer then?

ASHMORE: Jimmy is an intern right now, and he's basically scanning all of the photos for the computer archive. He's not too happy with that. He's working on his photography, and it's not at the level that it will be, but he's still learning.

Q: How much interaction do you have with Lois this season?

ASHMORE: I think Jimmy is going to be a bit of an annoyance to Lois this season. You have to rub some people the wrong way.

Read the complete interview at the iF Magazine website.