Smallville creators reveal Chloe almost became Lois Lane
#Smallville Creators Reveal They at One Point ‘Discussed’ Chloe Turning Out to Be Lois Lane https://t.co/9bpSRHQgOy h/t @TalkVillePod @KryptonSite
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) November 25, 2023
-For those of you who have not watched or forgotten Smallville - the show introduced an original character at the start of the series who was basically a blonde, teenaged Lois. The character was named Chloe Sullivan and was revealed to be Lois Lanes cousin.
-Smallville creators state “We did talk about that, that maybe [Chloe] is the proto-Lois and that later on she had to change her identity or something like that, and she becomes Lois Lane.” Thankfully they decided against it.
-When it came time to introduce the real deal though...they had to jump through hoops: "The issue, again, was we wanted to get Lois Lane, and they wouldn’t give her to us, and then when she came in in Season 4, there was this huge thing about ‘you can have her for two episodes,’ and then ‘you can have her for three,’ and then ‘you can have her for half the season,’ and [then-Warner Bros. Television president] Peter Roth, to his credit, was like ‘fuck it. She’s in the show now, and she’s just not leaving.'”
-While Chloe became a fan favorite, Alison Macks involvement in the NXIVM cult has likely left the character strictly in Smallville reruns with the small easter egg here and there.
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