Are true the rumors according to which Brian Austin Green is now flying to Smallville?”
Who’d have guessed it would be so difficult to keep up with the career path of The Notorious B.A.G.? In the space of two months, Brian Austin Green has gone from the now-deceased “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” to the unordered CW pilot “Body Politic” to a brief flirtation with The CW’s “One Tree Hill” only to end up with a multi-episode arc on The CW’s “Smallville.” According to TVGuide.com, Green has signed on to appear in at least the first two episodes of the ninth season of “Smallville” playing supervillain Metallo. As DC Comics fans know, Metallo has a suit of kryptonite-powered arm, which is the sort of thing that causes no end of problems for Superman. Metallo’s original alter ego, and the version “Smallville” seems to be planning, is Daily Planet reporter and budding criminal John Corben, nearly killed after an attempted murder and fused with a robotic body. Or something to that effect. Some fans have said that the orig
It’s official — the new season of Smallville can’t get here soon enough. Brian Austin Green has been cast on Smallville as the DC Comics villain Metallo, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. That’s right — the Terminator alum is now playing a cyborg himself. That is a pretty freakin’ super bit of casting, right? Green will appear as the kryptonite-powered villain (alter ego “Daily Planet” journo John Corben) in at least the first two episodes of Season 9, which takes flight Friday, Sept. 25. Interestingly, Smallville fans were waiting for news on big, bad Zod, given the events of the Season 8 finale, but that role still has yet to be cast. (I suppose you could say the show “zigged” instead of Zod.) Green’s Smallville gig comes on the heels of the Beverly Hills 90210 alum passing on the role of One Tree Hill sports agent Clayton. (And isn’t this role so, so much cooler?!) Prior to that, Green had been attached to the CW pilot Body Politic,
Who’d have guessed it would be so difficult to keep up with the career path of The Notorious B.A.G.? In the space of two months, Brian Austin Green has gone from the now-deceased “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” to the unordered CW pilot “Body Politic” to a brief flirtation with The CW’s “One Tree Hill” only to end up with a multi-episode arc on The CW’s “Smallville.” According to TVGuide.com, Green has signed on to appear in at least the first two episodes of the ninth season of “Smallville” playing supervillain Metallo. As DC Comics fans know, Metallo has a suit of kryptonite-powered arm, which is the sort of thing that causes no end of problems for Superman.
