2008 TV News Archives

Aaron Ashmore

August 12, 2008: Chatting with Jimmy Olsen AKA Aaron Ashmore

Newsarama.com caught up with Aaron Ashmore to ask him about his acting career and more specifically what's in store for Jimmy Olsen in Season 8 of "Smallville". Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    "So far the writers have really developed the relationship between Chloe and Jimmy, but there has only been a little bit of interaction with him and Clark Kent [Tom Welling]," notes Ashmore. "However, since we know that down the road the two of them are supposed to be best of friends, there are still a lot of places they can go with that relationship. So I'm looking forward to that. It's the same with Jimmy and Lois Lane [Erica Durance]. The two of them shared some fun little scenes together last year and I think we'll be seeing more of that in season eight. Jimmy and Lois have a brother/sister thing going on where they kind of poke fun at each other, which is a neat dynamic. So I hope that they explore that a little more.

    "What I'm especially looking forward to and hoping for, though, is some further development with Jimmy himself. The character has kind of been going around in circles as far as having self-confidence issues and trying to get out of that rut if you will, but then falling back into it because he hasn't really grown up quite yet. I've talked with our writers a little bit and it sounds like there's going to be a duality to Jimmy this year. They're going to try to bring a stronger, more confident and capable side to him, which I think will be interesting for viewers to watch and for me to play.

Read the entire interview at Newsarama.com.



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