VOICES FROM KRYPTON: You are shooting in Vancouver – any chance that you might hop over to Smallville?
LAURA VANDERVOORT: Oh gosh, there's been a few background performers I did Smallville with, and they're coming up and saying, "So, are you coming back?" And I don't know. I mean, I'm in Vancouver, I don't know if they know I'm here, but it would be nice to hop over and be part of the show again. I loved Smallville. It was everything to me. You know, it was the first role that put me out there in front of America and the world – it's played all over the world – and it's helped me get in the door for other projects that were grittier and different, that I would have never been considered for because of the way you look, or the way they've seen you in the past. I owe everything to Smallville, and I'd love to go back, I don't know if they're going to have a storyline for me, I'm not sure what direction they're taking the show in, so fingers crossed. I'd love to go back before the show is done.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: Have you had the chance to get a better handle on who Lisa is as a person?
LAURA VANDERVOORT: As a reptilian or a person? As a character I feel like I had a fairly good grasp on her at the beginning, but as we've had different directors come in, and I've chatted with the producers, I'm definitely learning more. There's a lot of stuff they aren't going to tell us that might impact our performance and might give away any secrets, but from what I've understood, she's literally just a 17-year-old who is there for peace, and she's got orders that were given to her, and she's going to follow through with them. That's how they're trained, and she's also interested, similar to Supergirl, in taking in Earth and the culture. But right now she's exploring.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: You say she's there for peace –
LAURA VANDERVOORT: I was just going to say, the way you can look at it is she's been given an order to get humans to join the Ambassador Program, and that's her task and that's what she's there for. She's very focused, and she's getting the best possible humans she thinks are appropriate for the job.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: Do you think she's going to develop a more sympathetic side?
LAURA VANDERVOORT: I think so, without giving too much away, I think when she experiences a bit of the hate that's going on with the Visitors being on earth, and protestors, some of the things she sees impact her more than she expects. She feels more for some of the humans, I think, and I think she's learning more about dealing with conflict and not being wanted.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: I think a great arc would be to see her working with the humans.
LAURA VANDERVOORT: I have to say that's what I want. But I don't know where they plan to go with it. Especially because she's focused on Tyler right now, and I'd like to see that develop into something, and perhaps that's where the Fifth Column will come in.
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