Smallville is a series of prequel to Superman, exploring how young Clark Kent would become the biggest superhero in the world. The show had many familiar faces of the comics, such as Clark’s best friend, Pete Ross. Pete was the first of Clark’s friends to learn his true identity and help him keep his Kryptonian heritage a secret.
During the salvation of the creation of entertainment at SmallvilleWho took place in Chicago in September, Sam Jones III opened his time in prison and how one of his best friends, DirectorIn Alan Ritchson, was there for him. The Glory Road The actor has talked about his career and overcome adversity to do what he likes.
Sam Jones III and Alan Ritchson are the best friends
Sam Jones played Clark Kent’s best friend, Pete Ross, during the first three seasons of Smallville. Pete was in particular the first person, apart from Kents, to learn the secret of Clark. In the “duplicity” of season two, Pete stumbles on the Clark spacecraft when he helps the victims of a car accident. The fast -minded football player turned to his boyfriend, Clark, to help him move and hide the spacecraft. Clark did what he could for Pete to be silent on the ship while panicking internally.
Later in the evening, Clark and Jonathan go to the Ross property to steal the ship, but find that someone got there first. The next day, Pete confronts Clark with what he was doing at home late at night. At first, Clark denied everything, but when Pete left angry, Clark rushed to the car and revealed himself to Pete. Pete covered Clark and his act to disappear after that, but in the end, the weight of the secrecy became too much to wear for Pete, and he left Kansas Farmtown at the end of season three.
When you think about his time on Smallville During the recent fans convention, he expressed a particular penchant for episodes where Pete has a little rebellious, with his favorite dialogue from “Rush” of season two. The episode saw Pete infected with an extraterrestrial parasite which made its host to behave recklessly, chasing Adrenaline tops. Clark tried to start Pete again, but Pete decided to dose Clark with a little red to make him see things differently. After losing red kryptonitis, Clark wants to bring Pete to the hospital before being killed. Pete evokes the capture by shouting Sam Jones’ favorite line: “My best friend is an extraterrestrial!”
Another episode where Pete rebelled against being stuck in the shadow of Clark was the “duplicity” of season three. Pete takes up illegal street races and wins the nickname Pete “The Boss” Ross. When the bookmaker running the races tells Pete to launch a race, Pete cannot do it and ends in debt up to $ 20,000. He first asks Clark to steal money from him, but Clark ends up developing a plan to remove Pete which ends with unnecessary death. The incident leads to a gap between best friends. Jones found these most exciting episodes to play because they provided him with more difficult scenes to play emotionally.
Out of screen, Jones is good friends with Smallville Alum Alan Ritchson. Ritchson appeared in season five as a young Arthur Curry. The championship swimmer had a flirt with Lane laws. The future Aquaman returns several times as part of the team of heroes of Oliver Queen. Jones also returned in the seven season for a quest place, resuming his role as Pete. While Sam Jones and Alan Ritchson were both SmallvilleThe two have never appeared in the successful series at the same time. However, they shared the screen of the hot college comedy of Spike TV, Blue mountain state. Since then, the actors have remained good friends.
Blue mountain state followed the exploits of the football team, the mountain goats. Jones played Craig, the team star. He had less an attitude of devil-May than his players’ colleagues and was in a monogamous relationship during most of his time in the series. Ritchson played Thad, the team captain and the reveler. Jones appeared only in the first season of Blue mountain stateProbably because he was arrested towards the time of season two would have been in production. His character was written as transferred to another school.
Sam Jones III was arrested for conspiracy to have illegal drugs
In October 2009, Sam Jones was arrested as a co-conspirator of a DEA Sting operation. In 2010, the actor of Smallville pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in prison. A year later, he began to serve his sentence at the Lompoc correctional complex in California. During the Jones panel to Salute To Smallville, he spoke of the arrest and his impact on his career. “I had a best friend who was my friend since high school,” said Jones. “Later in life, we ended up … He got into a crazy jam, and he came to me, and he needed $ 30,000. I gave him, and it was the worst decision of my life. I gave him the money, and it was enough to cause me trouble.”
Jones was frank about his experience behind bars, saying: “The prison mandate was not really the most difficult part of my life that I had to spend.” He developed, adding: “In prison, I was there to save lives. I was happy because I helped people. They no longer call me. King discovered that the stigma of his arrest was the real challenge.
“Alan Ritchson is my boy,” said Jones about Rewier’s star. “I remember saying it – Alan was one of the only people who came to prison to visit me too.” When I came back, I had all types of adversity again in my life. Hollywood thought I was a drug trafficker, “recalls Jones.” I have always persevered. “
While he succeeded in other activities, such as music, he missed the game. He described the void he felt by saying: “Always imagine succeeding with everything you touch, but the love of your life has disappeared.” It would take five years before Jones could act again on the screen. Shortly after his return to The Craft, Jones and Ritchson gathered in front of the camera for a film continuing in their series, entitled Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland. Despite the obstacles, Jones found a key clarity. “Help as many people as you can. Teach as many people as you can,” is Jones’ motto in life. Having achieved and overcome what he has in his career and his life, he is impatient to share his wisdom. The actor was more than happy to offer advice and knowledge to all aspiring public players.
While he returns to play, he is also a fitness coach. During the agreement, the actor put on a relaxed collar jacket without a shirt, showing his abs at eight packs. The central king, as he is nicknamed, even joked the idea of helping Alan Ritchson to put himself in a maximum physical form to play the imposing Drifter Director. Jones said that his goal was to help people for the moment, but that he would be back in full time on the road. Ritchson pushes to revive Blue mountain state On Amazon and get the sitcom for a fourth season. If successful, Jones can return to the silver screen earlier than expected.
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2001 – 2011
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Mike Rohl, Jeannot Szwarc, Glen Winter, Terrence O’Hara, Whitney Ransick, Mairzee Almas, Paul Shapiro, Rick Rosenthal, David Carson, James L. Conway, Chris Long, Michael Katleman, Morgan Begge Wright, Todd Slavkin, Brad Turner, Crad Zison
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Steven S. Deknight, Holly Henderson, Don Whitehead, Caroline Dries, Mark Verheiden, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Philip Levens, Jordan Hawley, Kenneth Biller, Michael Green, Drew Z. Greenberg Shintaro Shimosawa, Tim Schlattmann, Todd Helbing
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Allison Mack
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