Michael Rosenbaum “honored” to be best remembered as Lex Luther after more than two decades smallville premiered.

“For a long time, I didn’t realize people thought this way or felt this way,” Rosenbaum, 52, said. Us Weekly just promoting his new book Talented Fart. “I didn’t start feeling it until the last five or ten years. “It would be on people’s top ten lists, and I didn’t believe it for a very long time.”

Rosenbaum made his debut as Lex Luther in season 1 of the series. smallvilleHe left the series, which aired throughout 2001, after its seventh season in 2007, but returned for the 2011 series finale.

“It’s been many years. Rosenbaum said of the show: I think when you’re doing this, you want people to appreciate what you’re doing. “There were a lot of Lex Lutherans in the past, and I wanted people to be happy with what I was doing. I was happy.

Social media wasn’t really a thing back then KucukkoyIt was over the top, so Rosenbaum didn’t get an “immediate reaction” from fans. “It was kind of a farce,” he admitted.

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Rosenbaum told We that he was truly “humbled” by his continued response. smallville fans.

“I’m proud of it. It’s amazing how many new people are watching smallvilleand their kids are watching it now. “A new generation,” he added. “We started everything. It didn’t exist before us Flash And Arrow And Superman and Lois And Gotham.”

He called Smallville “well-crafted” and a “great series”, crediting its writing, acting, and cinematography.

“I think that’s why there are so many of these (superhero) TV series and even more movies now,” Rosenbaum said. “According to me smallville That was a big reason why.”

Smallville also created “something beautiful” for Rosenbaum off-screen. The actor’s friendship with his former co-star Tom Welling The actor, who plays Clark Kent on the WB series, has transformed over the years, in part due to the show’s ongoing success.

“We were friends, but we didn’t hang out much because we were always working,” Rosenbaum recalled. “After the show ended, I had Tom start signing autographs. We have a rewatch podcast called ‘TalkVille’ and we do something called Smallville Nights where they do little events in these cons. “We got closer and closer.”

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Now Rosenbaum and Welling are trying to sell a show together. “We are like brothers,” he added.

welling and 5 year old sonEven Thompson showed great support Rosenbaum’s last children’s book, Talented Fart.

“He and (his wife) Jess (Lee) I read the book and they actually sent me a video today,” Rosenbaum said. We Before sharing that the book is about a little boy whose “only talent is making his farts look like things you hear every day.”

The actor said the book “brought humor to life” and that he was very proud to write it. (Yes, all included fart sounds are from Rosenbaum himself.)

“Everybody enjoys it. I mean, farts are funny. They’re part of the norm. People do it. I don’t care,” he said. “You never know what you’re going to get with a fart. “This might be the weirdest sound you’ve ever heard.”

Talented Fart is out now.