Smallville’s Michael Rosenbaum Is the Finest A part of This Failed Horror Movie (& You Can Watch It for Free)

Michael Rosenbaum gained his cult following by taking part in Lex Luthor in Smallville, however he already proved he may play the villain in City Legend. Rosenbaum was simply as impudent in that movie, which made his character’s loss of life scene so satisfying.

Tubi is streaming City Legend without spending a dime this January. Launched on the peak of the 90s slasher pattern, the movie was criticized for its evident similarities to Scream. City Legend was a industrial hit (incomes $72.5 million in opposition to its $14 million price range), nevertheless it stays considered one of 1998’s worst-rated horror motion pictures. Launched that very same yr, Disturbing Habits, The School, and I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time had been equally panned by audiences and critics. Nonetheless, these movies fueled the careers of budding stars Katie Holmes, Elijah Wooden, and Jennifer Love Hewitt; Smallville followers additionally look to City Legend as a spotlight of Michael Rosenbaum’s profession.

Rosenbaum performed Parker Riley in City Legend, a by-the-numbers teen slasher with a mysterious serial killer because the antagonist. The movie provided one thing distinctive to the subgenre with distinctive loss of life scenes; the killer dispatched victims by re-enacting city myths, just like the “killer within the backseat” and “Bloody Mary” legends. Rosenbaum’s character, who doubted the killer’s functionality all through the movie, discovers his useless canine’s stays in a microwave. He was then incapacitated and compelled to ingest pop rocks and cleansing chemical substances ultimately. The Dutch digital camera angles and Rosenbaum’s over-the-top efficiency made that scene iconic.

Michael Rosenbaum Virtually Gave Up On City Legend

Rosenbaum mentioned he was about to maneuver on from his City Legend audition when co-star Tara Reid instructed him he received the half. “Two weeks go [after the audition], two weeks is a very long time sufficient,” he mentioned throughout a pizowell stay solid. “My mom will need to have known as 50 instances saying ‘Did you hear something?’ I am like, ‘No, I in all probability did not get it.’ So now I do not inform anyone after that, I by no means inform anyone about any audition… So I am at a bar one night time, and this lovely little rock and curler Tara comes as much as me and she or he goes, ‘Are you Michael Rosenbaum? You are going to be in City Legend with me… You are the man.’ She’s the one who form of instructed me that I received the half.“

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Michael Rosenbaum May Be the Finest Lex Luthor, however He’s Finished So A lot Extra

Michael Rosenbaum’s motion pictures and TV performances stretch past simply his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Smallville. And his resume showcases his expertise.

Rosenbaum’s profession took off after City Legend; he landed recurring voice appearing roles within the DC Animated Universe. He was the voice of Wally West / Flash within the Cartoon Community’s Justice League sequence, additionally Child Flash in Teen Titans. He additionally appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vols. 2 and 3 as Martinex T’Naga, an elite member of the Ravagers’ particular staff. Lex Luthor continues to be Rosenbaum’s most iconic function so far, nevertheless; his efficiency in Smallville earned a number of awards nods for greatest supporting actor in a drama sequence.

City Legend streams on Tubi without spending a dime beginning Jan. 1.

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City Legend

Director

Jamie Blanks

Launch Date

September 25, 1998

Solid

Jared Leto
, Alicia Witt
, Rebecca Gayheart
, Michael Rosenbaum
, Loretta Devine
, Joshua Jackson
, Tara Reid
, John Neville

Writers

Silvio Horta

Character(s)

Paul
, Natalie
, Brenda
, Parker
, Reese
, Damon
, Sasha
, Dean Adams

Runtime

99 Minutes

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