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July 24, 2008: Sam Witwer Talks About Doomsday on "Smallville"

E! Online sat down with Sam Witwer to talk about his character Davis Bloome (aka Doomsday) and his introduction to Season 8 of "Smallville".

    Why is he [Davis Bloome] evil if Superman is so nice?

    Well, in our version, in our interpretation of the character, there are very specific reasons. I can't really go into them, but what I can tell you is the character's name is Davis Bloome. He's a paramedic in Metropolis, he's very good at his job, and he was raised in the foster system. He went from home to home - he's this survivor character, and he's kind of an outsider. But he's a really nice guy, really cool guy.

    How is he introduced?

    He's brought into the story when he strikes up a friendship with Chloe (Allison Mack) on the show. Chloe is dating Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore), so he doesn't want to step in - he's too nice of a guy to steal her. Because who wants to steal from Jimmy Olsen? Sweet little red-haired kid. Anyway, David starts losing large amounts of time. He's blacking out. He doesn't understand why.

    Uh-oh.

    Yeah, eventually this character will embark on a quest to find out why these blackouts are happening, and what he discovers is horrifying for the character, and hopefully horrifying for the audience. The producers, I don't know if they saw me in The Mist or in Dexter, but they approached me for the role, and they pitched a very interesting idea, and they wanted to get dark with it. Like darker than anything than anything that's been on the show. They want to get really psychologically messed up.

Read the complete interview at the EOnline.com website.



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