Brent Stait talks “Absolute Justice” and Dr. Fate with Jim Beard with “Sherman Scoops Sin City”. Read a snippet of Brent chatting about working with the Smallville cast:

JIM: Conversely, what was it like coming into the SMALLVILLE universe and working with its well-seasoned cast and crew?
BRENT: Well, they were great. Really. They’ve been together for a long time and they’re a well-oiled machine. They’re really easy to work with and very generous. Tom [Welling], as an actor and a director – he directed the second half – he’s really good as both. He talks to you like what he’s thinking as an actor. He talks to you about things that actors talk about, not just the shots and stuff like that. He takes time and talks about character and motivation in this scene and objectives and things like that.

JIM: And you think that all comes from Tom also being an actor?
BRENT: Yeah, ‘cause he kind of grew up on the set, right? I think you kind of learn about cameras and angles and lighting, you can learn about that technically, but you can’t really be taught how to work with actors, you have to experience that. And that definitely, I think, comes out of his experience, because I think he’s very relaxed and chilled out on set. He doesn’t freak out or go into shock (laughs) or any of that. He’s an old seasoned pro as a director, as far as I was concerned. Very easy to work with. He lets you try things, like let your actors do their acting, which is very important I think. It was great.

Great interview – read it in it’s entirety here.