Michael Rosenbaum is “honored” to be called the best Lex Luther more than two decades after Smallville premiered. “I wasn’t aware of it for a long time, that people thought this way or felt this way,” Rosenbaum, 52, told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting his new book The Talented Farter . “It wasn’t until the last five or ten years that I started to feel it.
People would have top ten lists, and I just didn’t believe it for so long.” Rosenbaum made his debut as Lex Luther on season 1 of Smallville , which aired throughout 2001. He departed from the show following its seventh season in 2007, but returned for the 2011 series finale.
“It’s been a lot of years. I think when you’re doing it, you want people to appreciate what you did,” Rosenbaum said of the show. “There [are] so many Lex Luthers in the past, and I wanted people to be happy with what I did.
I was happy.” Social media wasn’t really a thing when Smallvill e was at its peak, so Rosenbaum didn’t experience an “instant response” from fans. “It was kind of a crapshoot,” he admitted.
Rosenbaum told Us that he’s really “humbled” by the continued response from Smallville fans. “I’m proud of it. It’s amazing how many new people are watching Smallville , and their kids now are watching it.
A new generation,” he added. “We started it all. Before us, there was no Flash and Arrow and Superman & Lois and Gotham .
” He went on to call Smallville a “well-crafted” and.
