I love the medium of film. I love going to movies. It's just big, it takes you away, you can escape into it. And it was something different. I don't have time to do another TV show, but I do have three months in the summer to do a film.
It's definitely something different from the character I'm playing. The most amazing thing I found about working on this film was that on a movie, you actually have time to be prepared. You have time to rest, because you do one scene a day instead of five. It was amazing to the point where I was on set going (banging the table), “I'm used to going all day.”
Are there still challenges on “Smallville?”
One of the biggest hurdles that I was warned to look out for is boredom and going through the motions. [That’s] easy to fall into when you're tired and frustrated and doing the same thing. But when you get to play a character who is infused with red Kryptonite, so he's acting crazy, all of those things are ways to wake you up and have fun. You have to remember it's a creative process that you always have to bring your best focus to. It reminds you on a daily basis that you just have to keep going.
What’s one secret about what's coming up on “Smallville?”
You only want to know one? Clark gets a new ability. Rex goes crazy for different reasons. Lana gets a new guy in her life, which I will probably have to get rid of sooner or later. And Chloe and Clark start to rebuild their relationship as friends. And Pete actually has an episode all about him.
Are you ever going to play a character your own age?
I hope so, at some point. I'm in a position now where I can play certain roles and when I get older, I won't be able to. So, I don't have a strategy of trying to grow up too quick, I just want to kind of look at everything.
How does it feel to be a teen pin-up? 18 year-old girls have your face on their walls.
A little awkward. I mean, it's something that's completely out of my control. If people like what you're doing or like you, that's not such a horrible thing.
Are you recognized much more now?
I'm recognized a lot more than before I was on “Smallville.” It's not something that hinders me from going on and living my life. I would never let it. I think it's important to separate the two. Most of the time that I spend outside is in Vancouver and they're very respectful and very nice.
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