SMALLVILLE Co-Creators Reveal That Chloe Almost Became Lois Lane; They Also Explain Why Batman Didn't Appear
All these years after the Superman-inspired series Smallville came to an end in 2011, we are still getting interesting information on different ways the story could’ve played out. Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar were recently guests on Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum's podcast TalkVille, and on the episode they revealed an interesting little plan they has early on in the show.
It turns out that their initial plan was to have Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) somehow end up being Lois Lane. As you may recall, in Season 3 of the series a possible romance between her and Clark was teased, and the character even used "Lois Lane" for a byline.
When talking about Chloe becoming Lois Lane, Miller said: "We did talk about that, that maybe she is the proto-Lois and that later on, she had to change her identity or something like that, and she becomes Lois Lane.” Gough added, "The issue, again, was we wanted to get Lois Lane, and they wouldn’t give her to us."
Miller went on to share how that changed, saying: "Then when she came in in Season 4, there was this huge thing about 'You can have her for two episodes,' and then 'You can have her for three,' and then 'You can have her for half the season' and [WBTV head] Peter Roth, to his credit, was like 'F*** it. She's in the show now and she’s just not leaving.' She became part of the show. It was never questioned again."
It’s pretty while that there was a chance that this series may have never included Lois Lane (Erica Durance). It’s a good thing that it all worked out because she was such an enjoyable character and she and Clark Kent had such a great dynamic.
Gough also addressed the fan theories that Ian Somerhalder's Adam Knight was meant to be Bruce Wayne, and how Bruce Wayne / Batman was never on the table for the creative team to use. "[Bruce Wayne] was a name we were clearly trying to put out there, but we but we could never get Batman. At that point, it was off the table, because [Christopher] Nolan was literally making Batman Begins at this point."
Smallville ended a year before The Dark Knight Rises was released.
