Originally posted by Old Juan
The point is that both TW and KK are not very fond of the repeated romantic angst that has plagued the Clana relationship since the begining and want to do different things with their respective characters. Heck Welling himself said he couln't understand why any man would want to be with Lana given that she's way too much high maintenance. This was from an interview with Smallville magazine shortly before season five began. The WB website had a video interview with Kristen Kruek pre-season five as well where she talked about Clark and Lana's relationship and let me tell you her demeanor and body language sent one message crystal clear and that was a real lack of enthusiasm about having to go down that road yet again. I think you can pretty much gaurantee KK knew or had a pretty good idea how they were going to cause the tension that ultimately broke up the couple. At the end up the day both TW and KK wanted out of Clana.
At this point the actors want to explore different venues with the characters and want to do different things other than keep doing what they had been doing for the last five years. I believe that all of the big three actors were frustrated on some level at just how formuliac the show has been and the lack of real concrete forward motion for the characters. From TW interviews for Reckoning and on forth you can tell he really wants to explore more of the Clark becomming Superman rather than Clark's girlfriend woes. IMO the man is right because all the highest rated episodes of the season have been superhero/mythology themed episodes.
The point is that both TW and KK are not very fond of the repeated romantic angst that has plagued the Clana relationship since the begining and want to do different things with their respective characters. Heck Welling himself said he couln't understand why any man would want to be with Lana given that she's way too much high maintenance. This was from an interview with Smallville magazine shortly before season five began. The WB website had a video interview with Kristen Kruek pre-season five as well where she talked about Clark and Lana's relationship and let me tell you her demeanor and body language sent one message crystal clear and that was a real lack of enthusiasm about having to go down that road yet again. I think you can pretty much gaurantee KK knew or had a pretty good idea how they were going to cause the tension that ultimately broke up the couple. At the end up the day both TW and KK wanted out of Clana.
At this point the actors want to explore different venues with the characters and want to do different things other than keep doing what they had been doing for the last five years. I believe that all of the big three actors were frustrated on some level at just how formuliac the show has been and the lack of real concrete forward motion for the characters. From TW interviews for Reckoning and on forth you can tell he really wants to explore more of the Clark becomming Superman rather than Clark's girlfriend woes. IMO the man is right because all the highest rated episodes of the season have been superhero/mythology themed episodes.
I don't blame TW one bit for wanting Clark to get beyond his high-school-crush hang-ups and onto his Superman-ish duties. I'd get sick of harping over a toasted romance for 4 1/2 seasons if I was an actor.
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