It’s always easy to look back and reconsider things we now may have done differently. Just ask Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the creators of Wednesday who are currently enjoying a new wave of success after the Addams Family reboot’s arrival on Netflix. The series comes two decades after the pair previously reimagined Superman with Smallville, a prequel series following Tom Welling as a young Clark Kent in the years before he suits up as the Man of Steel.
In a new interview with THR, Gough and Millar opened up on how they’d approach Smallville differently in retrospect. For Gough, he mentions the relationship between Clark and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) going on too long, making it feel “repetitive” after a certain point. He has especially realized this after getting some feedback from his daughter who’s recently been watching the show.
Millar agrees, though he offers the explanation that the show played out as it did at the time because they had no idea it’d go on for ten seasons. He also suggests that the female characters would be handled differently if the show were getting written today.
Smallville Still Has a Strong Fan Base
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Smallville is still a hit, having since had its story continue with a comic book series. Tom Welling and Erica Durance have also reprised their roles for The CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event. In recent years, there has also been a lot of chatter about an animated series continuation getting put into the works, spearheaded by Welling and co-star Michael Rosenbaum. The series would pick up after the TV show with Welling’s Clark Kent now fighting crime as Superman.
If you want to watch Smallville, you can stream the series on HBO Max.
