Michael Rosenbaum!
Michael Rosenbaum will reprise his role as Lex Luthor
for the series finale of Smallville, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
"I'm delighted to return for the series finale," Rosenbaum said in a statement.
"I'm simply doing it for all of the fans out there who made Smallville the great
success it is. I appreciate all of their passion, their relentlessness, and even
their threats. Ha ha."
A huge topic of speculation and fan fodder, Rosenbaum's return comes as a sigh of relief
for the Smallville diehards, who hoped he would honor the fans' wishes and come back
to the series one last time.
As for how Lex Luthor will return in the two-hour season finale, airing May 13,
executive producers Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders say, "There'll be no doubt
about how Lex becomes the great rival in Clark Kent's life. He is the villain of the story."
Though a Lex Luthor has appeared on the series in the tenth and final season as a clone,
Rosenbaum hasn't been seen on Smallville since the Season 7 finale. He'll next appear
in the Fox comedy Breaking In.
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I lost interest in Smallville when Michael/Lex left the show.
I only watched again when James/Brainiac was in an episode.
So this is exciting to me. I wonder if James will be back as well?