Cast of Characters

As you have undoubtedly noticed the CV cast personalities vary somewhat from their real life counter parts. Since each CV episode is going to bear the mark of its authors we figured it might be helpful to provide an updated version of the descriptions and motivations driving the CV cast as we enter CV season seven.

Erica Durance (ED) as Lois Lane
Disappointed with Lois' stint as a tabloid reporter in season six ED decided to take AM's advice and give an Al & Miles an ultimatum: either Lois improves character wise or she's out. Al & Miles laughed in her face. ED now stars on CBS's newest situation comedy, Father Knows Best.

John Glover (JG) as Lionel Luthor
Following Lionel's transformation from bad guy to good Glover wants out. He hoped for Lionel's demise and a plum spot on another television show but when ED jumped ship JG found himself sucked back in for yet another year. Hopes to redeem Lionel by season's end (i.e. show that Lionel was evil all along).

Kristen Kreuk (KK) as Lana Lang Luthor
KK is just glad that Lana is once again dead. Unfortunately she is still under contract for one more season and will be fulfilling her contract by writing. She doesn't give a crap about the show and is just fine letting the other writers do all the work and has no problems with them doing whatever they want both for their own characters and anybody else's.

Allison Mack (AM) as Chloe Sullivan
Still fiercely protective of Chloe but less concerned about show integrity as before. AM is particularly resentful towards ED for displaying a lack of Smallville "loyalty". This year she finds herself in the unenviable position of having to rebuild trust with virtually all her cast mates following the "Dallas" deal she made with Al & Miles towards the end of their last run as show writers.

Annette O'Toole (AoT) as Martha Kent
After being forgotten at the end of season 5.5 and for almost all of season six, AoT has taken the gloves off... literally, since she has threatened Al and Miles with physical violence if they did not guarantee her a significant story arc. She still enjoys causing chaos for its own sake, and is quite happy to have characters explore "grey" morale choices, just because she can.

Michael Rosenbaum (MR) as Lex Luthor
You know things are bad when MR is forced to act as the voice of reason and calm among his fellow writers. When not trying to create reasonable explanations for Lex's behavior in season six or checking his meals for drugs, MR is working hard to keep Castville on the air. (Kickin It Old Skool was not the break-out hit his agent had promised.) MR could care less if the other writers are happy, as long as Lex looks good and the plots make a little sense. MR feels a little bad for AM, but he has made it his personal mission to keep Lionel "good" in season seven... to make Lex look better and take advantage of his brand new restraining order against JG.

Tom Welling (TW) as Clark Kent
As if the monumental task of guiding Clark back to heroic status wasn't already enough TW finds himself having to operate within an increasingly divided and cantankerous environment. Still reeling from the sting of betrayal in the wake of AM's "Dallas" style destruction of a CV season he toiled endlessly on TW finds himself with few allies as he struggles to restore cohesion to a cast teetering on the brink of complete disintegration.

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