SMALLVILLE Star James Marsters Is Open To Reprising Brainiac Role In Possible Animated Revival

SMALLVILLE Star James Marsters Is Open To Reprising Brainiac Role In Possible Animated Revival

Smallville star James Marsters (he played Brainiac and Brainiac 5) has confirmed he'd be open to starring in the long-rumoured animated revival and heaps praise on the show's portrayal of Superman...

By JoshWilding - Oct 01, 2024 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Smallville
Source: Screen Rant

There have been rumblings about Smallville continuing as an animated series for several years now and, despite Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum's clear enthusiasm, it doesn't appear any closer to actually happening. 

If and when it does become a reality, many actors from the original series would surely be eager to reprise their roles. Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon James Marsters played one of Clark Kent's greatest foes as Brainiac and, in an interview with Screen Rant, confirmed he'd be down for a sequel.

"Definitely. I think that Smallville was the most intelligent character version of Superman that I've ever seen. Superman is a very difficult character to write because he's invulnerable," the actor explained. "Heroism is when I help somebody, even when I have to sacrifice something to help them."

"That's the definition, and when you have a hero movie, you have the very most exciting part [which] is when the hero has to risk his life to save someone or help someone. And that's just impossible with Superman. He's invulnerable. He's going to be fine unless you pull out Kryptonite. Every Superman movie does that."

Marsters continued, "There's Kryptonite somewhere, and he's got to risk death to do his thing. But with the television series, you can't pull out Kryptonite every week. It gets redundant so fast. It gets cheesy. They sidestepped all that by not focusing on Clark's physical vulnerability, which there is almost none of."

"It was all about the fact that he was a teenager and he was vulnerable to everything, and they could explore [the] emotional vulnerability for Superman. I just thought, 'Okay, you've solved it. That's what to do.' And they were able to go ten years on that show and not be redundant, not be repetitive. Following that, I would love to do more of that."

After initially playing a villainous Brainiac, Marsters later reprised the role as "Brainiac 5," a re-programmed version of his former self. A member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, he took Clark on a trip through time and showed the teenager his bright future as the Man of Steel.

Only time will tell whether that Smallville revival happens as the decision is down to DC Studios. We can't imagine Warner Bros. is desperate to spend a huge amount of money reviving a show which ended in 2011, a shame when there is a very vocal demand from fans for it to happen.

We recently interviewed Tom Welling and got his thoughts on donning Superman's suit again. Check back here next week for that or subscribe to my YouTube channel here to see it the second it premieres. 

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HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 10/1/2024, 8:07 AM
Why do I have the feeling that this animated revival just isn't happening?
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 10/1/2024, 8:09 AM
@HOTSHOT - I'll be SO HAPPY when it's dead.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/1/2024, 9:05 AM
@HOTSHOT - I don’t think it is either but Gunn is a friend of Rosenbaum so there’s a slight chance it might be one of the Elseworlds projects.
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 10/1/2024, 8:08 AM
No. More. Smallvile.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 10/1/2024, 8:25 AM
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BlackSpiderman
BlackSpiderman - 10/1/2024, 8:57 AM
@harryba11zack - After the good reception of One Piece and Avatar TLA live action on Netflix, do you think they should take a crack at Dragonball? LOL
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 10/1/2024, 9:12 AM
@BlackSpiderman - One Piece was well received wasn’t it? I mean, I liked it. Tried the first ep of Avatar and quit.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 10/1/2024, 9:50 AM
@BlackSpiderman - sure, but Netflix? Hell no.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/1/2024, 9:32 AM
Man , it can be frustrating as a Superman fan given the stigma attached to him such as that the character is difficult to write when I don’t think he is…

Sure he has few physical weaknesses but the emotional vulnerabilities have always been there whether it be trying to keep his loved ones safe etc.

Smallville was not the first one to crack it outside of the comics and hasn’t been the last aswell such as Superman & Lois.

Anyway having said that , James Marsters is great and thought did well as his version of Brainiac which I liked so of this revival does happen then it would be good to have him reprise the role in some form.

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