Nicholas Hoult on meeting 'Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum, the Lex Luthor of his youth

Nicholas Hoult on meeting 'Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum, the Lex Luthor of his youth

"That's a really bolstering sort of thing to happen," Hoult tells EW. Warner Bros.; Michael Courtney/The CW Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor in 'Superman'; Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor on 'Smallville'One of the first Lex Luthors that Nicholas Hoult remembers seeing as a kid is the one played by Michael Rosenbaum on Smallville, the CW series featuring Tom Welling as Clark Kent/Kal-El in a high-school coming-of-age setting."Smallville was on the TV…

The 10 Craziest Uses for Kryptonite in Smallville

Kryptonite, and its role as Superman’s weakness, is one of the oldest and most abided by tenants of the hero’s mythology. The element, which originates from Superman’s home planet Krypton, is typically a green rock that interferes with how the sun powers his abilities on Earth and severely weakens him. When the young Superman show Smallville premiered in 2001, creators Al Gough and Miles Millar made a crucial amendment to Clark Kent’s arrival to…