Sunday, March 26, 2023

"Dichotic" Smallville Podcast

Actors Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum talk about Jonathan Taylor Thomas on their podcast series in which they co-host “Talk Ville” established in 2022, they focus on the Superman interpretation television program “Smallville” that aired from 2001 to 2011.

Welling and Rosenbaum both acted on the TV series, Welling playing "Clark Kent" and Rosenbaum playing "Lex Luthor."


In this podcast Episode 30, Welling and Rosenbaum revisit the Season 2, Episode 9 episode “Dichotic” (2002) in which Jonathan guest appeared as the over-achieving student "Ian Randall."


Welling talks about his experience working with Jonathan.


Jonathan would appear again as Ian in Season 3, Episode 9’s “Asylum” in 2004.


Copyright: Talk Ville Podcast 2022 via YouTube / Photo stills: The WB (Warner Bros. Entertainment) now known as The CW


Transcript:

Tom Welling: By the way, I just love what JTT [Jonathan Taylor Thomas] did there. He just was calm, cool, wasn’t afraid—


Michael Rosenbaum: —Good actor.


Tom: I think I kind of remember that scene being very awkward for Clark, obviously… it would be so easy to play so jealous, ‘wait, wait, wait, what’s going on?’ and interrupt. But no. You got to let it breathe, bro. You got to let it breathe.


Michael: Ryan, what’s JTT doing now? Look him up.


Ryan: I looked it up… he’s not doing much at the moment—


Michael: He should, he’s a good actor!


Ryan: He got back on, Tim Allen had another sitcom—


Michael: —So he did that one?


Ryan: —He was a guest star and he did a little bit of directing.


Tom: I think one of the things, and I don’t mean to put words in JTT’s mouth, but one of the things that he probably liked about this role was that this was a high school kid…wanting to live his own life outside of a small world… wanting to break out. Because, I don’t know if anybody knows this but, I learnt back then when he was on the show… he wanted to go to college and be like a normal kid, after his success. And I don’t know if it was hard or not for him but I’d have to imagine when the script came in front of him, it was, something to it for him, you know what I mean? To tap into that part of it.


Left to right: Clark Kent (Tom Welling) & Ian Randall (Jonathan Taylor Thomas)
(Copyright: Warner Bros. Entertainment)


(Video excerpt: Talk Ville Podcast 2022/YouTube)

Ian Randall (Jonathan Taylor Thomas)
Clark Kent (Tom Welling)



Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk)
Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack)

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