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November 1, 2007: Helen Slater Previews Her “Smallville” Visit

TVGuide.com has posted an interview with Helen Slater ahead of her appearance on "Smallville" where she plays Lara, Clark Kent's Kryptonian mother. Here's an excerpt from the interview...

TVGuide.com: This is a big deal for Superman fans.

Slater: I know! This is very fun. I went to Metropolis in Illinois this year - you know how they do that Superman festival every year? And there were so many Smallville fans who were saying to me, just before I knew I was doing this, "Is there any way you might ever be on Smallville?" I guess one of the actresses was supposed to be there - I think it was Erica [Durance, who plays Lois], but she had something come up - so Smallville was on everybody's mind. When I booked this, a friend of mine said, "You're going back to your roots!"

TVGuide.com: What do you think of Supergirl now? I mean, that was your first big role, right?

Slater: It was. You know, I was 18 years old when I got the part. I had freshly graduated from a performing-arts high school, and for me, it was just such an incredible experience to go live in England for a year and be a part of filmmaking... and I, of course, had no idea what that was about.

Read the complete interview at TVGuide.com.